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Different places need different civic universities
Higher education has become much better at taking place seriously. Rebecca Riley argues it is still surprisingly bad at taking seriously how different places need different solutions
Rebecca Riley|29/10/26
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Wales promised students a minimum standard of mental health support and they got a map instead
Jim Dickinson|29/10/26
UCAS October deadline data suggests pessimism ahead
David Kernohan|29/10/26
Chancellors stopped talking about universities once they lost control of them
Jim Dickinson|28/10/26
New International Student Levy assessment is £100m worse than originally shown
James Coe|28/10/26
Jisc explains procuring AI the sensible way
David Kernohan|27/10/26
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