Judging REF 2014 was ‘inspiring and humbling’
The exercise was robust and positive, says Willy Maley, who found work on the English subpanel to be like ‘a well-run exam board’
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Leadership goal: more women at the top
The sector would do well to consider setting a target for the proportion of women heading universities, says Simonetta Manfredi
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REF 2014 rerun: who are the 'game players'?
How do rankings shift when institutions are compared on research intensity, which takes into account percentage of staff submitted, rather than on standard GPA alone?
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New Year Honours 2015: Marina Warner and Nigel Thrift among those recognised
Award-winning writer and scholar Marina Warner and Warwick vice-chancellor Nigel Thrift are among those recognised in the New Year Honours
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State and private school university approaches compared
State schools need to move beyond a “narrow focus” on exams in order to help increase aspirations for pupils to attend university
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REF 2014 results prompt business schools to make funding call
The Association of Business Schools has called on the government and funding councils to reverse the decline in funding for management research
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Degree standards: time to call time on the monopolists
Emran Mian argues for standardisation in setting of exams
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A-level students increasingly missing predicted mark
Growing numbers of A-level students are failing to achieve their predicted grades, posing a challenge for university admission tutors
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The 20 most-read Times Higher Education articles of 2014
We reveal the stories that have topped the THE website’s most-read lists over the past twelve months
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£50m postgrad funding dished out to universities
Disabled students and those from disadvantaged groups are to benefit from £50 million of support to continue their studies at postgraduate level.
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Willetts attacks May plan on overseas students
David Willetts has criticised “mean-spirited” plans by his Tory colleague Theresa May to put further restrictions on overseas students
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May plans on international students would be ‘damaging’
Theresa May is reported to be drawing up plans to send all overseas students back home once they finish their courses.
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Research funders must club together to address grand challenges
Paper from Science Europe says not enough done at EU level for fundamental interdisciplinary research
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Undergraduate teaching cost put at less than £8k
Teaching postgraduates costs £11,300 on average while the figure for undergraduates is £7,700, according to a study for England’s funding council.
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HE in FE report finds room for improvement
Nearly one in three English further education colleges offering higher education that were reviewed last year have been told to make improvements