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Breaking up is hard to do
There is no 'British' higher education system, argues Alan Trench: there are four. Expect increasing political problems as a result
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From where I sit - Set course for deception
Scandals are hardly in short supply here, but the public and media were still shocked by the revelations that emerged during the national Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing two months ago.
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Beyond the headlines
Affordability underpins the bad press about London Met, says Malcolm Gillies
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With the managers in charge, autonomy isn't what it used to be
The market, not academic freedom, is what our leaders have in mind when they seek to resist political interference, John Holmwood argues
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Fundamental elements
The STFC's achievements offer a template for extracting the full value from UK research, suggests Keith Mason
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From where I sit - Pursuit of happiness
It was inevitable that social scientists would devise what they call "indices of human happiness". These indices ask us to think about the well-being of nations not in terms of economic output, but in terms of their citizens.
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Stand up for shelf life
Badger your MP and kick up a fuss: London Met's treatment of the Women's Library must be challenged, argues June Purvis
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V-cs: useless or priceless?
Fred Inglis and Nicola Dandridge offer diametrically opposed views of the quality and value of the academy’s leaders
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China in their hands
Howard Davies on the People's Republic's gamble on Western education
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THE Scholarly Web
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THE Scholarly Web
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Let's hear it for pod people
Sally Feldman on a new wave of academic impact via the online 'airwaves'
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The Department for Mergers, Shuffles, Shifts and Reboots
Universities and schools are said to be 'natural' partners, but it has rarely been the case in Whitehall's swap shop, Andy Westwood notes
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Madness of metrics
David Bignell scorns target-focused managers whose restructuring may destabilise when what is needed is common-sense adjustment
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Freedom: the bottom line
Not only are 'public' universities technically private, says James Tooley, but many are close to fiscal independence
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From where I sit - Mission creep tarnishes MBA
The MBA landscape in Germany has always been somewhat troubled. For a start, the degree was actually prohibited until 1990, and since then, the road has been a rapid but rocky one. Recently, articles in the media have been drawing public...
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Leader: All for one, or none for all?
An every-university-for-itself stance in the face of more austerity could leave higher education worse off as a sector
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Leader: It's gone one step beyond
Funding bodies set the impact agenda, but university managers made it into a song and dance that everyone had to follow
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The delegate's tale
Christopher Bigsby on conferences' picaresque perils and delights
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