Flying high with the PM
Malcolm Grant was among higher education heads who were last week party to Gordon Brown's talks in China and India to strengthen economic links. He offers an insider's account of the visit.
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High hopes pruned back
It's worrying that initiatives designed to attract students from low-income backgrounds are falling short, says David Willetts.
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Minister calls for a cultural revolution
Grant letter urges universities to embrace business and two-year degrees. John Gill reports.
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New order of service as 'customers' are ditched
The notion of students as "customers" has been banned at Liverpool Hope University as it and other church-based institutions lead a fightback in favour of a more rounded approach to higher education....
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Ofsted gives low mark to ex-chief
Chris Woodhead's education department rated as just 'satisfactory'. Melanie Newman reports.
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The week in higher education
- A levels and university access dominated national daily newspapers' higher education coverage this week. On 16 January, The Daily Telegraph reported that "hundreds of leading schools are preparing...
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National talks will go if union rejects reforms, v-cs caution
Ucea may move to local pay talks if ballot fails to back joint negotiations. Melanie Newman reports.
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Nurture sceptics, not industry fodder, critic says
An academic called for a campaign for "critical higher education" this week, warning that the vision of universities as places that foster independent and critical thought is being replaced by a "...
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Anger greets loss of 500 arts postgrads
Cuts threaten next generation of scholars and harm research, academics say. Zoe Corbyn writes.
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Physicists fail to stall cuts despite subject review
Physicists and astronomers battling with their research council over plans to cut funding heard this week that there would be no reprieve while the Government-initiated Wakeham review of physics...
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Overseas briefing
UNITED STATESScience funding fails to keep paceFederal spending on science research in the US is rising at a rate lower than inflation, according to a new report by the National Science Foundation....
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University-of-Liverpool
• Greg Hurst, formerly reader in evolutionary genetics at University College London, has been appointed professor of biological sciences.  • Neil Hall, formerly at the Institute of Arable Crop...
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University of Liverpool
Larry Barham, presently researching in the Luangwa Rift Valley in eastern Zambia, has been appointed professor in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology.
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Anglia Ruskin University
David Hingley has joined as a senior lecturer in health and social care.Paul Valoo has joined as a senior lecturer in health and social care.
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Anglia Ruskin University
• Beverley Vaughan has joined as a senior lecturer in science and technology.