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Our globally interconnected world is not at peace with diversity, this is where internationalisation can step-in.
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But are UK universities running the risk of institutionalising public engagement?
A flooded labour market is forcing more students to take up extracurricular activities in the hope of getting a job, but what does this mean for the TEF?
The University of Cambridge is expecting a fall in applications from EU students.
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There is no guarantee that the UK can or will continue to be part of the €80 billion EU research funding programme Horizon2020.
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Let’s stop putting students down, and instead work together with them.
Last year 35 UK universities received donations of a million pounds or more.
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Why higher education is a worthy cause for the rich and famous.
Bowl them over.
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In the race to apply for research funding, writing statements about future impact can feel like a charade.
Alteractions between town and gown go back a long way.
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It could all get rather violent.
Universities have experienced a big drop in part-time students.
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Part-time students are some of the most disadvantaged – universities need money to help them.
Making the case for state funding of universities.
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As budgets get squeezed, universities are fighting to prove their worth.
How will regulation be tied to funding in future?
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A new government green paper has proposed a raft of reforms for regulating higher education.
The best teachers will now be highly sought after.
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The government has unveiled proposals for a new system to reward universities for excellent teaching.
No room for unconscious bias with these grades.
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Names of applicants will no longer be shown on university admissions forms from 2017. But will it help?
Getting into the spirit at Temple University.
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UK universities should take note from US colleges and cultivate more of a university spirit.
The number of part-time students has dropped off a cliff.
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The number of part-time students has dropped dramatically and even those who get to university feel side-lined.
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UUK’s ‘Universities for Europe’ campaign is a welcome contribution to a debate that is inevitably partial.
Trying to readdress the balance.
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There is more equality for women winning social research grants, but men still get more overall.
Already at the head of life’s line-up.
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Private school graduates earn more and are more likely to get top professional jobs. It has a lot to do with their grades.
Most applicants, if they persevere, eventually find places.
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The government is having a third try at creating a market in English higher education by abolishing student number controls.
Going for gold.
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There are no UK universities in the top ten list of institutions that have won the most Nobel Prizes since 2000.