Watchdog bites after student-loans debacle
19 March 2010
Auditors say changeover to SLC failed to deliver value for money and pushed up processing times by a third. John Morgan reports
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BREAKING NEWS
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Teaching and research escape 9% grant cut
18 March 2010
Hefce 2010-11 allocations target capital funding and special projects. Melanie Newman reports
READERS' REACTIONS
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#loveHE, fighting job cuts and working obscenely hard
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Have your say on the launch of our #loveHE campaign, the fractional scheme to stave off redundancies at Sussex and the Essex professor who practises what he preaches
COVER STORY
Ready for the storm?
18 March 2010
Lord Mandelson has wielded the axe on university spending, and whichever party wins the general election, further cuts are likely. Using an exclusive analysis of institutions' financial statements by Grant Thornton, Melanie Newman assesses...
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Leader: After the good time, resolve
Leader: After the good time, resolve
18 March 2010
The previous year seems one of plenty in light of the storm ahead, which will test leaders' fortitude and resourcefulness
ONLINE COLUMNISTS
Blog confidential: A Machiavellian performance
18 March 2010
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online
#loveHE: A little more conversation, a lot more action
16 March 2010
The global success of Coventry University’s podcasts shows that there is a huge market for intelligent HE-created content, says John Mair
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Tara Brabazon: Giving the sector the second degree
11 March 2010
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Blog Confidential: Onward, Christian bias
11 March 2010
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The insecure scholar: Breathing space at last
9 March 2010
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An opportunity to restore value and clarity to degrees
9 March 2010
PEOPLE
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Sir Kenneth Dover, 1920-2010
18 March 2010
A classical scholar celebrated for his pioneering work on Greek homosexuality has died.
RESEARCH
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Research intelligence: Engage the selfish gene
Research intelligence: Engage the selfish gene
18 February 2010
Public engagement can boost researchers' careers, an RCUK booklet claims. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
18 March 2010
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Top nations in immunology
18 March 2010
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Research intelligence: 'High-level oversight'
11 March 2010
BOOKS
Book of the week: Coyote at the Kitchen Door
18 March 2010
Jules Pretty explores our changing relationship with the wild through a look at a canine trickster
Surviving Death
18 March 2010
Do a 'protean' nature and selflessness assure us a life after the end? Christopher Belshaw is unsure
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The New Old World
18 March 2010
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The Second Sex
18 March 2010
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Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill
18 March 2010
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Published this week
18 March 2010
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The Canon: Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse. By John Hollander
18 March 2010
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Excess: Anti-consumerism in the West
18 March 2010
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Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity
18 March 2010
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What are you reading?
18 March 2010
OPINIONS AND LEADERS
#loveHE: 'As I have a better understanding, I have more respect for others' work'
18 March 2010
Reflecting on what he gained from university, recording artist Tinchy Stryder recommends the experience to young people, in spite of tuition fees
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS EVER WRITTEN?
Canonical texts: are these the most influential books ever written?
23 April 2009
Are you obsessed with a 'baggy monster' or has a photocopied pamphlet sparked your passion for a whole new area of research? To kick off our new weekly series, leading scholars explain which books they believe are definitive in their field
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THE CONFERENCES
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LAURIE TAYLOR COLUMN
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The more, the merrier
The more, the merrier
18 March 2010
Our university has announced that it will be following in the steps of the University of Sussex and employing extra staff to handle the current round of redundancies.
PILED HIGHER AND DEEPER
Cartoon by Cham
18 March 2010
