higher education

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Opinion: Being society's critic & conscience

06 Jan 2017

Universities are about more than research and teaching, they should also act as society’s critic and conscience, says Graham Virgo, Pro-vice-...

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Graduate earnings: what you study and where matters – but so does parents’ income

13 Apr 2016

First ‘big data’ research approach to graduate earnings reveals significant variations depending on student background, degree subject and university...

Big data shows the graduate pay premium is bigger for women

25 Sep 2015

Anna Vignoles (Faculty of Education), together with colleagues at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Harvard ̽��ֱ��, authors a study that finds...

African universities reap fruits of fly research

10 Jul 2015

Fruit flies are proving the unlikely source of a new initiative to help improve postgraduate research opportunities in Africa, with the support of...

Graduates who went to private schools earn more than graduates who did not, finds study

31 Oct 2014

New study shows that - even after controlling for subject, degree class, alma mater and occupation - graduates who attended private schools earn on...

What shape will universities take in the future?

28 Jun 2011

A conference at CRASSH later this week will address some big and highly topical questions.

Exploding the ivory tower myth

17 May 2011

Academia makes a considerable and valued contribution to society that goes far beyond commercialisation of applied research, as Professor Alan Hughes...

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