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Exeter University announces new vice-chancellor

Prof Lisa Roberts will be the first woman to lead the institution

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People, policy, politics

Exeter University announces new vice-chancellor

Prof Lisa Roberts will be the first woman to lead the institution

Thinktank gives scathing review of three main parties’ HE policies

The Education Policy Institute has reviewed higher education policies ahead of the 2019 general election

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Reading lists ‘dominated’ by white European men

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Horizon: UK should not spend ‘sizeable’ funds replicating EU research programme, report says

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Nottingham University launches Institute of Policy and Engagement

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Student accommodation and student mental health

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Retention analytics: more than getting ‘bums on seats’

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Students with unconditional offers more likely to drop out

Students with unconditional offers more likely to drop out

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Exeter University should be carbon neutral by 2040, staff and students say

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