Funding plea for humanities as life sciences crowned REF 2014 champion
Uplift in research quality in main panel A raises fears that funding could be concentrated at a handful of universities
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New year鈥檚 resolutions 鈥 for others to keep
Imagine having the power to direct higher education leaders, scholars or policymakers to take - and stick to - a new approach in 2015
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The madness of King鈥檚
You report on your website that King鈥檚 College London is planning to change its name to 鈥淜ing鈥檚 London鈥 (鈥淜ing鈥檚 London rebrand plan sparks uproar鈥, News, timeshighereducation.co.uk, 16 December).I...
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Pitfalls to avoid when teaching online courses via a campus platform
Remember that everyone is watching your online lectures
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New Year Honours 2015: Marina Warner and Nigel Thrift among those recognised
Award-winning writer and scholar Marina Warner and Warwick vice-chancellor Nigel Thrift are among those recognised in the New Year Honours
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State and private school university approaches compared
State schools need to move beyond a 鈥渘arrow focus鈥 on exams in order to help increase aspirations for pupils to attend university
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REF 2014 results prompt business schools to make funding call
The Association of Business Schools has called on the government and funding councils to reverse the decline in funding for management research
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Degree standards: time to call time on the monopolists
Emran Mian argues for standardisation in setting of exams
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A-level students increasingly missing predicted mark
Growing numbers of A-level students are failing to achieve their predicted grades, posing a challenge for university admission tutors
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The 20 most-read Times Higher Education articles of 2014
We reveal the stories that have topped the 色盒直播 website鈥檚 most-read lists over the past twelve months
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拢50m postgrad funding dished out to universities
Disabled students and those from disadvantaged groups are to benefit from 拢50 million of support to continue their studies at postgraduate level.
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Willetts attacks May plan on overseas students
David Willetts has criticised 鈥渕ean-spirited鈥 plans by his Tory colleague Theresa May to put further restrictions on overseas students
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May plans on international students would be 鈥榙amaging鈥
Theresa May is reported to be drawing up plans to send all overseas students back home once they finish their courses.
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Research funders must club together to address grand challenges
Paper from Science Europe says not enough done at EU level for fundamental interdisciplinary research
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Undergraduate teaching cost put at less than 拢8k
Teaching postgraduates costs 拢11,300 on average while the figure for undergraduates is 拢7,700, according to a study for England鈥檚 funding council.