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Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown
Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers. More...
Anger as Oxford college bans Christian group from freshers' fair
Balliol student body reportedly told Christian Union that it was concerned over the ‘potential for harm to freshers’. More...
Plenty of ways to bring an end to plagiarism in university essays
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Former polytechnics should lose university status, says Adonis
Labour’s former education minister Andrew Adonis says lower-performing institutions should charge lower fees. More...
Andrew Adonis and an elitist attitude towards former polytechnics
Lord Adonis (Strip former polytechnics of university status, says ex-minister, 11 October) shows a staggering ignorance of the status and quality of many of those institutions. More...
A bad-tempered Brexit is a risky move for universities
European universities want to continue collaborating with their UK partners. But if the UK takes rash decisions on Brexit, their patience may wear thin. More...
Wellbeing enhanced more by places than objects, study finds
Research using brain scans finds people experience feelings of contentment from places more than from objects such as photographs or wedding rings. More...
The government wants a Brexit deal on science and research, says Jo Johnson
Universities urged to help the UK weather the post-Brexit economy through EU science collaborations and new incentives to commercialise their research. More...
Oxford University releases new round of interview questions
Candidates asked to consider the purpose of law and the morality of air travel in latest batch of sample interview material. More...