What are you reading? – 8 February 2018
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Research-intensive universities ‘offer best maternity pay’
Generous leave packages used as a strategy to retain top female researchers in elite institutions, study suggests
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Don’t rush to erect a divisive hierarchy
In his challenge to the established hierarchy of universities (“Snobbery towards modern universities is unfair and outdated”, Opinion, 3 February, www.timeshighereducation.com), Edward Peck, the vice...
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Appointments – 8 February 2018
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Work-life balance survey 2018: long hours take their toll on academics
ߣߣƵ’s first major global survey of university staff views on work-life balance finds academics feeling stressed and underpaid, and struggling to fit time for personal relationships...
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Rees-Mogg: Charity Commission is stifling debate on campus
Brexit cheerleader criticises excessive regulation and downplays scuffle at student event
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Fighting talk from OfS is alarming universities
New Office for Students guidance hints at a more adversarial approach to sector that most wish to avoid, says Gill Evans
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Universities face ‘Olympian’ competition in new technological era
Alliances between institutions to become increasingly important, says Sheffield vice-chancellor
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US university donations up 6.3 per cent in 2017
Rise is driven by increase in gifts from alumni, says survey
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Aberystwyth University’s Mauritius campus loses £1 million
Deficit revealed after announcement that institution will close the overseas outpost
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Mutual degree recognition across Asia-Pacific comes into force
Japan and South Korea latest countries to sign Tokyo Convention, which supports the mobility of students and academics across the region
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Italian temporary professors ‘earn as little as €3.75 an hour’
Universities pay only for direct teaching time, making effective hourly pay derisory, union claims