What is the point of a university press?
Recent controversy over the future directions of both Stanford and Melbourne university presses have raised questions about the role of in-house publishing arms in a world of commercialisation,...
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Academics are people, too
Universities rightly make every effort to protect learners’ feelings. But what about teachers’ feelings, asks Alice WickendenÂ
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Major nations ‘moving backwards’ on humanities citations
THEÂ data show research influence in arts and humanities is declining in several countries, but many nations still progress overall
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ߣߣÊÓƵn performance funding puts emphasis on job success
Graduate employment given double the weighting of other metrics in TEF-style assessments
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Moedas: Europe should lead negotiations with academic publishers
Outgoing commissioner frustrated that countries still strike deals on a country-by-country basis
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World University Rankings 2020 by subject: arts and humanities table information
Key statisticsThe data shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the ߣߣÊÓƵ World University Rankings. It represents data from the 2017...
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Clear data from devices before travelling, academics told
Rising instances of warrantless searches at borders have ‘serious implications for academic freedom and research confidentiality’, says union head
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Tory manifesto tipped to focus on ‘low value degrees’ in England
Ministers expected to reject Augar fee cut plan, raising question of what will be election offer on university fees and funding
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Universities should pay more attention to their environments
Spaces can energise or demotivate. Using them to nurture well-being should be seen as an investment not a cost, says Derek Clements-Croome
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Harvard wins legal fight to consider race in admissions
Court ruling is likely headed to Supreme Court, which may reconsider past approvals
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‘Human error’ blamed for union’s Holocaust email omitting Jews
UCU says ‘incomplete version’ of circular detailing plans for Holocaust Memorial Day was sent out
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UK science minister wants multi-year research funding framework
Chris Skidmore tells Tory conference meeting he wants UK research funding to emulate EU’s approach
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California defies colleges to let student athletes profit
New law envisages broad shake-up to benefit minorities, with full effects tough to predict
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Academic mothers criticise ‘consistent lack of support’
Universities see maternity leave as a ‘tick-box exercise’, study warns