Academic recognition for public policy work is slowly gathering pace
To tackle the challenge of implementing evidence-based policy, change is also needed in the university sector, says Gavin Costigan
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The Russell Group鈥檚 power over English education must be wielded more wisely
Overemphasis of traditional academic silos is not preparing young people to address the environmental, political and biomedical abyss opening up before us, says Eric Macfarlane
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A secret best kept: does pay disclosure come at a price?
Salary transparency can promote equality but also tends to foment jealousy and strife among academic staff, as Adrian Furnham has seen at first hand
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Generational and class gaps in attitudes on fees, polling finds
Tuition fees rank marginally above animal rights on list of voting priorities聽鈥 but young people assign higher importance
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University financial health check 2017: future prospects?
UK universities face uncertainty over the impact of Brexit and the TEF, the future for tuition fees and a pensions deficit. Which institutions have the financial clout and diversified portfolios to...
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ADONIS workshop - software development outsourcing to the NIS
Brussels, 20 Jan 2003 The EU funded ADONIS (application development outsourcing to the newly independent states) consortium will present the project at a workshop in Berlin on 31 March. The...
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Labour should set science budget 鈥榝or full Parliament鈥
A Labour government should set a science and research budget for the entire Parliament, and give universities a bigger role in driving local growth.
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Ed Balls interview: 鈥榃hen the dust settles, people see the truth鈥
Gordon Brown鈥檚 former right-hand man talks to John Morgan about his return to Harvard, Labour鈥檚 higher education 鈥榝ailure鈥 and a political comeback
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Campus close-up: 鈥楢uthoritative voice鈥 set to project on the world stage
UCL-led centre aims to clarify complexity 鈥 and dispel a few myths, too
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Fat Gay Men: Girth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma, by Jason Whitesel
Sally R. Munt lauds an ethnographic study of men who are 鈥榦ut鈥 about their weight
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University schools 鈥榯old to improve鈥
A string of universities sponsoring school academies have been told to raise their games in light of poor standards.聽
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Labour launches 鈥榯echnical degrees鈥 policy
The Labour Party will introduce new 鈥渢echnical degrees鈥 if it is elected at next May鈥檚 general election.
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Oxford teaching and the 拢16K question
How does the university calculate the real cost of undergraduate education?
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MP flags Tories' 'huge concern' over Offa head
A Tory MP has warned that there is opposition on his party鈥檚 front bench to Les Ebdon, following criticism of his comments on the 鈥渟nobbery鈥 surrounding university education.
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LondonHer Maj: 60 Years of Unofficial Portraits of the QueenAs late as the 1950s, it was still unusual for the monarchy to be depicted in cartoons. To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee, the Cartoon...