What price a fair system? Full tuition fees for students
Economist argues that higher education does more for graduates than society. Chloe Stothart reports
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Policy failures drive Tory revival, warns UCU
The Government's higher education policies could be helping to boost support for the Conservatives, the University and College Union (UCU) has warned.Speaking at a fringe meeting at the Labour Party...
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Million+ head says beware of concessions to business
V-c urges Government to resist the 'demand-side' approach to funding, writes Melanie Newman
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Universities lack commercial savvy about IP, minister argues
Universities may have become over-protective of their intellectual property rights, Science Minister Ian Pearson told a Labour party conference fringe meeting this week."One criticism I hear is that...
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University of Liverpool - Vets team up with Tesco
A new dairy centre for the study of cattle health and welfare has been launched by the University of Liverpool. The university's veterinary school has signed a deal with supermarket giant Tesco, the...
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Coventry University - YouTube partnership agreed
A deal between video-sharing website YouTube and Coventry University has been agreed to allow the university to promote itself online. The university said it was one of the first in the UK to enter a...
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Edge Hill University - Barclays backs building plans
A capital development programme at Edge Hill University has secured a £30 million agreement with a major bank. Barclays has signed a deal to fund half of the £60 million building plan at its Ormskirk...
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Open University - No time for the soft sell
Small and medium-sized businesses have been advised to increase their spend on marketing to help steer themselves through the worst of the economic downturn. Two surveys conducted by the Small...
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Durham University - Anthropology hits the road
"Anthropology and development" days will be delivered in schools across the UK by Durham University postgraduates in a bid to raise awareness of the discipline among secondary-school pupils. They...
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UCL and Queen Mary - Big Draw unites art and science
Animators and illustrators are set to join forces with neurologists and geneticists to help launch an annual national drawing festival. Scientists from University College London and Queen Mary,...
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University of Warwick - Clever kids' rare opportunity
An overseas school for gifted youth is to be hosted by the University of Warwick this year, it has been announced. The winter school, which will last a week and a half, will take place in December in...
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University of Gloucestershire - Coroner records drug death
A man found dead in a storeroom at a University of Gloucestershire campus died from an overdose of opiates and alcohol, an inquest has heard. A cleaner found the body of Ian Lockey, 43, at the...
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London School of Economics - Workshops for Gulf businesses
The Abu Dhabi Government and business community is to receive executive training and research support through a London university's commercial arm. LSE Enterprise, a wholly owned subsidiary of the...
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University of East London - A gift to develop genius
Nine year-old piano prodigy Marc Yu gave a concert at the University of East London to celebrate his acceptance of the first ever Genius Scholarship Award, a new annual prize established by the...
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University of Bath - Climate change summit
Academic experts in engineering, chemistry, architecture, physics and economics gathered at the University of Bath last week to discuss how they could tackle climate change together. The researchers...