Success rates: surge in applications to ‘struggling’ research councils
Success rates fall at five out of six councils amid warnings that the process could become ‘more of a lottery’ as reviewers are stretched
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Oxford knocks Imperial off research income top spot
Universities of Birmingham, Glasgow and York enter top 10 after £120 million grant for quantum technology
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London Business School head eyes US competition
Andrew Likierman says first fundraising campaign is necessary to maintain global position
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Chris Upton, 1953-2015
A ‘genuinely public historian’ and charismatic lecturer has died
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Interview with Ruth Kelly
The former Labour Cabinet minister talks about her foray into the world of university senior management
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PJ Harvey meets Paul Muldoon in first of St Andrews ‘Soundings’
Writers meet musicians in the University of St Andrews’ new series of experimental conversations
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University of Westminster arts school celebrates its famous offspring, but also eyes the future
Institution’s School of Media, Arts and Design is 25 this year. Its current dean takes Times Higher Education through the reasons behind its success
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Rugby World Cup final a reminder of a sport where ‘the past isn’t over’
Leading rugby historian explains why he studies a game ‘vital in creation of a British sense of masculine identity’
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Marking an essay? Big Brother may be watching...
University of Edinburgh developing tools to monitor academics’ performance in areas such as assessment and feedback
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Variation in value of student bursaries ‘exacerbates inequality’
IoE study finds that wealthy students can receive more aid than poor undergraduates, based on university they attend
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Theresa May ‘plans on making universities ensure overseas graduates leave UK’
Home secretary accused of basing policy on ‘bonkers’ figure about students overstaying visas
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London Fog: The Biography, by Christine Corton
Ruth Richardson on the capital city’s great mists and smogs that have inspired, harmed and killed
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The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler’s Secret Police, by Frank McDonough
Robert Gellately on the truth behind how the Gestapo operated on a routine basis
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The Great British Dream Factory: The Strange History of our National Imagination, by Dominic Sandbrook
Fred Inglis on the innumerable shows and figures from 50 years of popular culture
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Is industry funding undermining trust in science?
How valid are fears that financial conflicts of interest are damaging confidence in academic research?