Post top-up failures can't bank on subsidy
Unpopular universities and subjects cannot rely on being bailed out by taxpayers' money, funding chiefs warned last week. The squeeze is expected to affect the middle of the market - including old...
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Trainee medics are top of 'posh' league
Students from the middle classes still dominate higher education. Alison Goddard looks at how some subjects are working to break down social barriers. Students from the top social groups dominate...
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Mouldbreaker 1: Posh maths
Hannah Woods, 28, is about to enter the second year of a degree in maths and computing at Wolverhampton University. She left school aged 18 and worked as an au pair before deciding that she wanted to...
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Mouldbreaker 2: The working-class medical student
Adrienne Slater, 22, is a fourth-year medical student at Nottingham University. She went to a state school and is coordinator of the widening access to medical school scheme at Nottingham Medical...
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Thames Valley's student doctors get opportunity to make the cut at Imperial
Two neighbouring institutions, each dominated by students from opposite ends of the social spectrum - Imperial College London and Thames Valley University - are to collaborate on widening access to...
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Students forced to live on charity
An increasing number of Australian university students are so impoverished they are turning to free food services from their universities and charitable organisations to survive. Student...
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Toronto boosts bursaries for poor
Montreal A leading Canadian university has significantly increased the proportion of students it recruits from modest-income homes through a 25-fold increase in its aid package. A 2003 survey by...
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Minister promises a greater research role for universities
Paris Francois Fillon, France's new minister for education and research, has promised universities a more prominent role in the nation's future research effort. Outlining his plans for higher...
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Bush falls from grace on campus over Iraq war
Boston The continuing war in Iraq has cost President George W. Bush his popularity among US students, according to a Harvard University survey. The Republican president's support among university...
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Baltics braced for labour turmoil
When the three Baltic accession states join the European Union next month, just a handful of academics will be on the ground to observe the fusion of their aggressive market-led economies. The...
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Kaliningrad aims to link Russia and the EU
Kaliningrad Russia's western-most university in the tiny Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad is poised to take advantage of the European Union accession of its former Soviet satellite neighbours....
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Bid to boost tourism
Kaliningrad State University leaders believe local history and geographical location will make the enclave a potential tourist destination after the eastwards expansion of the European Union, writes...
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The patrons must pay for this show to go on
Specialist performing arts colleges need financial support to continue their success, says Gary Crossley. The performing arts are buoyant in diverse parts of higher education, yet specialist...
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Nancy Rothwell
Objective quality assessment can be a minefield. Is good old peer review still the best option or is it time to go 'metrics'? Judging quality is an integral part of academic life. Marking student...
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Movers and money-makers
Word has it that Laura Tyson, dean of the London Business School, is tipped to become dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Professor Tyson, who was a national economic...