Robbins: 50 years later
Experts discuss the development and legacy of the epochal report on its golden anniversary
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South Africa鈥檚 sector needs monitoring on race, says v-c
KwaZulu-Natal leader unveils controversial 鈥榚quity index鈥 measuring universities鈥 performance on ethnicity and gender equity
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Part-time students 鈥榮hould get preferential treatment鈥
Only fees subsidies can arrest alarming decline in numbers, experts warn
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Londoners鈥 university attendance on the rise
Hefce figures show disparities between young people from the capital going to university compared with those from English regions
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Collini lambasts Oxford鈥檚 economic defence of humanities
Cambridge critic points to July report鈥檚 鈥榖ad faith鈥 arguments
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Willetts challenged over Robbins comparison
David Willetts has been challenged over his assertion that university class sizes are the same as they were 50 years ago
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Animal research debate votes against full ban
Students taking part in a huge nationwide debate have overwhelmingly disagreed with the notion of a full ban on animal testing in research
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Inside Higher Ed: Not-So-Great Expectations
By Colleen Flaherty, for Inside Higher Ed
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LSE 鈥榮eeks facts鈥 over expulsion at Peking
The London School of Economics is 鈥渁ttempting to establish the facts鈥 over the expulsion of an academic from Peking University, one of its partners.
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Universities to come under OFT microscope
The Office of Fair Trading is to examine England鈥檚 universities, including how they compete for students and set fees under the 拢9,000 regime.
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Fossil fuel ties with universities highlighted by report
UK universities have the equivalent of 拢2,083 per student invested in the fossil fuel industry, a new report has claimed.
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Willetts urges fresh expansion
David Willetts has warned of the need to expand the number of higher education places between the end of this decade and 2035 to cope with a growing young population
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EU exit would leave UK universities 鈥榠n thrall to US model鈥
If the UK were to leave the European Union, the nation鈥檚 universities would be left in even greater 鈥渋deological thrall鈥 to the US.
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Lebanese rocket academic鈥檚 story told in new film
The extraordinary forgotten story of a university science club which put the first Arab rockets into space is the focus of a new documentary film.
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Vince Cable鈥檚 office targeted by protesters
Student activists have tried to occupy Vince Cable鈥檚 constituency office in protest at Liberal Democrat backing for the sale of the student loan book