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University of RoehamptonValuable depositsLemur droppings may hold the key to the survival of Madagascar's unique rainforests. A new study by academics at the University of Roehampton found that the...
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Odds and quads
This glass and steel cross, which now stands at the heart of the University of Chester's main campus on Parkgate Road, was originally created as an anguished response to the political climate of the...
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Brazil invests to expand tropic of learning into rural areas...
...but some question the focus and quality in plans to add more than 800,000 places, writes Paul Jump
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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8 September 2011
Dead as a鈥 - Is the writing on the wall for journalism?
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Nine grand means drop in demand, study finds
Research that suggests university enrolment could fall by at least 5 per cent due to higher tuition fees has been seized upon by the National Union of Students as a 鈥渟tark warning鈥 that the...
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Students' weakness in maths leaves academics counting the cost
Physics and engineering academics are having to teach students who are unprepared for their courses because of 鈥渁 gap in knowledge鈥 on maths, the Institute of Physics has warned.
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BPP undercuts universities on fees
The UK鈥檚 only for-profit provider with degree-awarding powers has undercut almost all English universities with its tuition fees for 2012-13 by planning to charge undergraduates between 拢12,000 and 拢...
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Edinburgh鈥檚 'rest-of-UK' fees head north to 拢36,000
The University of Edinburgh has announced it will charge undergraduates from England, Wales and Northern Ireland up to 拢36,000 for a degree.
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Inside Higher Ed: Relationship problems
By Kevin Kiley, for Inside Higher Ed
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World University Rankings 2011-12 methodology revealed
The final methodology for the 2011-12 World University Rankings is today unveiled by Times Higher Education, ahead of the publication of the tables on Thursday 6 October 2011.
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Efforts to secure student feedback 'missing the mark'
Attempts by universities to seek out and respond to student feedback are often inadequate or poorly executed, a new study suggests.
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Teachers urged to challenge academics for role as public intellectuals
Academics should step aside to allow school teachers to become the country鈥檚 new 鈥渋ntellectual guardians鈥, the head of Britain鈥檚 teacher training body has said.
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King鈥檚 chemistry department rises again
King鈥檚 College London has re-opened its chemistry department eight years after concluding that it was unsustainable.