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Anthropology under attack
Academic Funding
October 17, 2011

Anthropology under attack

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‘Rick Perry’s anti-science America’
Academic Funding
September 28, 2011

‘Rick Perry’s anti-science America’

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‘In defence of public higher education’
Academic Funding
September 27, 2011

‘In defence of public higher education’

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Alternative White Paper
Academic Funding
August 18, 2011

Alternative White Paper

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Are we sleepwalking into the US higher education system’s mistakes?

Are we sleepwalking into the US higher education system’s mistakes?

This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Patrick McGhee As a busy vice-chancellor I cherish those moments […]

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Where did all the sociologists go? Querying ‘the lecturer experience’

Where did all the sociologists go? Querying ‘the lecturer experience’

The new government’s announcements of forthcoming changes to the workings of British higher education have inspired much debate. The major newspapers have […]

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David Brooks on “The Unexamined Society”

David Brooks on “The Unexamined Society”

In a recent Opinion piece for the New York Times, columnist David Brooks argued for the value of behavioral studies and critiqued […]

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Specialisation is back on the HE agenda, but not for the first time

Specialisation is back on the HE agenda, but not for the first time

This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Tamson Pietsch In June results were released of the pilot […]

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Putting vision back into higher education: A response to the Government White Paper

Putting vision back into higher education: A response to the Government White Paper

There is no government mandate for the privatisation of higher education and for the despoiling of the social and cultural value of […]

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Got questions for Obama? Tweet now

Got questions for Obama? Tweet now

MSNBC announces that today Twitter will hold its first Twitter Town Hall, and United States President Barack Obama will answer Twitter users’ […]

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Students as consumers – the impact of individual choice

Students as consumers – the impact of individual choice

The higher education White Paper published this week by the UK government (‘Students at the heart of the system’) will, according to […]

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‘Dismantling excellence, reducing quality, and increasing costs for students’

‘Dismantling excellence, reducing quality, and increasing costs for students’

The Campaign for the Public University has posted a response to the UK Government’s White Paper on higher education, arguing that the […]

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