‘S-index’ aims to tackle abuse of self-citations in science
Metric on self-referencing could provide ‘truer’ citation data, say researchers
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A survey of 3,500 UK-based international students with surprising results
Time to remove students from migrant numbers, says Jane Falkingham
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Manchester’s Bernstein: universities key to ‘world’s most successful cities’
Driving force in ‘edgy, self-confident’ city’s regeneration rallies sector support for Northern Powerhouse
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Impact weighting increased in UK’s REF 2021
Hefce stops short of adopting Lord Stern’s proposal to include university-wide impact in research assessment scores
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Data bite: how many UK graduates travel across the EU for work?
Figures from the latest graduate destinations survey show that more than two fifths of those working abroad find a job in another EU state
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Daughter follows father in winning UK's top teaching award
HEA's latest National Teaching Fellows announced
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Do great minds think alike? The THE/Lindau Nobel Laureates Survey
We share what 50 Nobel prizewinners think about issues facing science, universities and the world, from populist politics and researcher mobility, to artificial intelligence and threats to humankind
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What blockchain technology could mean for universities
Advocates say that the technology will cut out degree fraud – but could it actually help to fracture universities?
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V-cs’ social media silence ‘misses huge opportunity’
Just one leader of a top 10 UK university has a Twitter account, report reveals
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Strange Vernaculars: How Eighteenth-Century Slang, Cant, Provincial Languages, and Nautical Jargon Became English, by Janet Sorensen
The speech of the lower classes won acceptance only after a make-over, finds Elspeth Jajdelska
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Think Like an Anthropologist, by Matthew Engelke
This brave book attempts to show that social anthropology and social anthropologists can offer insights into today’s world and also point to solutions, says Simon Underdown
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Bread for All: The Origins of the Welfare State, by Chris Renwick
Fred Inglis travels the bumpy road from Victorian workhouse to the modern British benefits system
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Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War Britain, by Clair Wills
Panikos Panayi follows the struggles and achievements of those who made this country their home amid difficult circumstances