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New ZealandFee increase bid rejectedThe head of the body that represents Maori higher education students in New Zealand has welcomed the government's decision to turn down a university's application...
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Declining investment could trigger irreversible loss of British prestige
Russell Group chair issues warning over threat to ‘hard-won eminence’. John Morgan reports
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Latest winners for investment fund announced
Seven university, business and charity partnerships have been announced as winners of the second round of the Research Partnership Investment Fund.
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Emergent properties
Phil Baty on the institutions creating valuable niches for themselves in a fast-changing environment
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THE World University Rankings 2012-13
Losses for UK and US as Eastern excellence drives start to bear fruit. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Open-ended answers for questions of demand in cash-strapped Europe
Open courseware is a shop window and a pressure valve, Delft leader argues. Jack Grove reports
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Campus round-up - 2 May 2013
Source: ReutersHealth down the TubePeople working or travelling on underground railways for sustained periods of time could be at increased risk of health problems because of metals in the ultra-fine...
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State schools fare poorly in inaugural class, but calibre delights Grayling
Only one in five offers by the New College of Humanities has gone to a person from a state school so far, according to A.C. Grayling, the master of the new institution.
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An Ecology of Happiness
We face a great contemporary paradox. Many domestic economies are stagnating and in desperate need of growth. At the same time, the apparently free natural resources of the planet are being used up....
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Cycle of domination of top roles by men must be broken
More women attend university now, but there are still too few in senior posts. It's time to tackle the barriers, says Louise Morley
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Of a different stripe
The suggestion that Pearson's apparent interest in acquiring the College of Law (The Week in Higher Education, 15 December) might cause the state-funded sector to "...feel like wildebeest about to...
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Pearson’s expansionist ambitions
John Morgan reports on FTSE 100 firm’s HE strategy
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Translate business-speak into entrepreneurial ideas
David Matthews meets new ABS head Paul Marshall, who wants the business schools to find their voice