The week in higher education
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Uncontained: Opening the Community Arts Project Archive
The archives of an apartheid-era arts centre shed light on creative as well as political forces, writes Matthew Reisz from Cape Town
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Predictive text and the surprising shape of things to come
Well, we didn’t see that coming but Patrick McGhee did: the v-c consults the oracle and offers his forecast for the year ahead
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Overseas presence at top of Riordan's agenda for Cardiff
New v-c of Wales’ research powerhouse is keen to sharpen focus on China, writes David Matthews
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News in brief
Undergraduate tuition feesThrice the price, but with field tripsUniversities are increasingly paying for student field trips following the trebling of the cap on tuition fees this academic year, a...
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Campus round-up
University of East AngliaTempest testamentSmall, intense polar storms could make a big difference to climate predictions, according to a study. Researchers from the University of East Anglia and the...
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News in brief
United StatesBrains trustA businessman has pledged $200 million (£123 million) to a US university to establish an institute for neuroscience research. Mortimer Zuckerman, chairman and co-founder of...
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A very special Happy New Year from people you hardly know
Yes, that's right. In an exciting new venture, we are devoting this edition of The Poppletonian to New Year messages from some of those loyal servants of the university who labour away without the...
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Leader: 'Perfect on paper' may lack spark
Universities need to hire the best people for the job, but demanding PhDs from all is not the way to do it
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Doctoral-level thinking: non-PhDs need not apply
Third of sector expects staff to hold qualification, FoI request shows. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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QAA pursues no-risk legal strategy with support from taxpayer guaranteed
The Quality Assurance Agency will be bailed out by the taxpayer if it is sued by a private college that fails an inspection, it has emerged.
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Don't you kids know who I am?
‘Probably the most significant medieval historian’ rounds on absentee students. Paul Jump writes
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Troubling FX as Falmouth forces staff to go private
Unions protest over transfer of academic support services to external firm. Jack Grove reports