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I was a member of the team that awarded the original senior fellowships of the Higher Education Academy. That proved to be a very challenging task, but it taught all those involved how difficult it...
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Crisis accounting
The 鈥渇inancial hole鈥 that has been reported in the Universities Superannuation Scheme in no way corresponds to the health of the fund in the real world. Rather, it is the result of what a recent...
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ERC launches grants scheme for multiple principal investigators
Synergy Grants will be worth a total of 鈧250 million but, when piloted in 2012 and 2013, success rates were under 3 per cent
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Trump administration targets affirmative action in admissions
Threat to sue universities with policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants 鈥榙eeply disturbing鈥
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France鈥檚 scholarly MPs take clinical approach to policy
Academics who have become deputies for Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 En Marche! hope to tackle country鈥檚 problems with scientific method
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Teaching intensity: the key to measuring student learning?
A pilot planned for the subject-level teaching excellence framework has revived debate about the importance of small group teaching at university
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Data bite: Does UK or Australia rely more on overseas student revenue?
Latest financial data for both countries show that overall Australian universities have a greater reliance on international students, but not by much
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Peru reshapes technical education system
New institutes of excellence to lead training in agriculture, engineering, mining and industry
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UK students 鈥榤ay be barred from Erasmus after Brexit鈥
The UK's 鈥榬ed line鈥 on free movement of labour may prevent its students from participating in the Erasmus exchange programme, says European Union law expert
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Sexual assault 鈥榝ar too prevalent鈥 in Australian universities
National survey finds that one in 10 female students have been attacked in past two years
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How can research strategy drive success in the 色盒直播 World University Rankings?
Watch Alan Lau鈥檚 keynote speech at the 2017 Times Higher Education聽Research Excellence Summit
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Has the TEF been good for teaching-only staff?
John McCormack has been speaking to teaching-only staff at Russell Group universities, and they have plenty of reasons to be annoyed
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ANC proposes free tuition for South Africa's poorest students
Secretary general of ruling party wants government to provide "fully subsidised grants" to low income families