Free market on fees threatens rough ride in 'perfect storm'
2 September 2010
Many universities set to lose income overall if cap is lifted, researcher warns. Simon Baker reports
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Free market on fees threatens rough ride in 'perfect storm'
THE World Rankings set for release on 16 September
2 September 2010
Seventh annual survey draws on robust new methodology and 13 performance indicators. Phil Baty reports
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Spirit of the money age leads academy to mislay its values
2 September 2010
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'Wisdom of crowds' offers novel ways out of cash crisis
2 September 2010
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Gobbledegook and ghastly grammar cast a murky spell on coherence
2 September 2010
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Cultural destination: Free passport to the streets of Philadelphia
2 September 2010
COVER STORY
We can work it out
2 September 2010
As graduates struggle to find employment, universities are having to think more creatively about how to prepare them for the workplace, says Rebecca Attwood
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Leader: No creative buzz from the drones
Leader: No creative buzz from the drones
2 September 2010
Employability is about more than skills: it is about cultivating the independence, imagination and rigour to take on any task
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Record-breaking results, university websites and an alternative route to a degree via the Netherlands
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Have your say on the latest star-studded A-level results, how useful university websites are to prospective students and the Dutch university aiming to attract UK students who don’t quite make the grade
ONLINE COLUMNISTS
Blogconfidential: Let the new era of austerity commence?
2 September 2010
Your chance to advise on academic dilemmas. Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Let the new era of austerity commence?
Blogconfidential: More smoke than fire?
26 August 2010
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: More smoke than fire?
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Tara Brabazon: Don’t let the Big Society squeeze out our small but smart organisations
25 August 2010
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Blog confidential: Insistence and resistance
19 August 2010
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Something for everyone
18 August 2010
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At the environment’s service
17 August 2010
PEOPLE
Celia Gallagher, 1967-2010
2 September 2010
A leading figure in the planning and funding of the Irish university sector has died.
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RESEARCH
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Research intelligence - Reach for the sky
Research intelligence - Reach for the sky
2 September 2010
Royal Astronomical Society's new chief calls for farsighted and bold research funding. Paul Jump reports
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Grant winners
2 September 2010
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Top 10 Nanoscience Papers, 2000-09
2 September 2010
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Research intelligence - Forget Hal, say hello to Alice
26 August 2010
BOOKS
Book of the Week: The Moment of Caravaggio
2 September 2010
Alex Danchev takes a thrilling ride that immerses the reader in the work of Caravaggio but bypasses his infamous personal life
Destination of the Species: The Riddle of Human Existence
2 September 2010
When people joke about the meaning of life, it is a sure sign they are fretful. Is life driven by point and purpose, or is it a chaotic, rudderless and aimless flux? Was Shakespeare's ruminating Macbeth right - is life "a tale/Told by an...
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Slapped by the Invisible Hand: The Panic of 2007
2 September 2010
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Household Servants in Early Modern England
2 September 2010
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What are you reading?
2 September 2010
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Sophistication: A Literary and Cultural History
2 September 2010
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Born into a Dream: EuroFaculty and the Council of the Baltic Sea States
2 September 2010
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Published this week
2 September 2010
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The Reformation of the English Parish Church
2 September 2010
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The Canon: Outwitting the Gestapo by Lucie Aubrac
2 September 2010
OPINIONS AND LEADERS
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Higher fees could be the undoing of England's universities
Higher fees could be the undoing of England's universities
2 September 2010
If Lord Browne uncaps fees, the Golden Age of the English university may well come to an unseemly end, writes Paul Benneworth
NEW WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS FOR 2010
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Why was change needed?
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Since their first appearance in 2004, Times Higher Education’s global university league tables have been recognised as the most authoritative source of broad comparative performance information on universities across the world. As nations...
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New data partner
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Times Higher Education has ended its arrangement with its former data provider, QS. From this year, Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading research-data specialist, will provide all the data and analysis for the annual Times Higher Education...
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