We must rescue social science research from obscurity
The publication game that researchers are obliged to play has stripped the purpose out of social research. Time to change the rules, says Yiannis Gabriel
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Danes step away from patenting in favour of ‘open science’
Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’
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The steel city forging a university-industry-community alloy
John Morgan witnesses a pioneering collaboration between two Sheffield universities, drawing upon the city’s manufacturing heritage to become a hub of industrial innovation and a model of civic...
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Books interview: Rita Chin
The professor of history discusses the ‘crisis of multiculturalism in Europe’
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The Toxic University: Zombie Leadership, Academic Rock Stars, and Neoliberal Ideology, by John Smyth
Book of the week: A cancerous, consumer-driven capitalism has weakened higher education, says David Wheeler
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Clearing ‘set to be more competitive than ever’
Dip in number of applications puts students in the driving seat, say sector experts
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The week in higher education: 10 August 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Laurie Taylor – 10 August 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Turn the tide of negativity with some show and tell
Institutions are feeling under attack; they need to counter their critics by showing proudly and publicly the immense good work they do
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Students and others need to think over skills
Re the feature “Fuzzy logic” (3 August) and the debate about whether critical thinking skills give graduates an edge in the jobs market. Lost in this is the question of when and why universities...
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Market pay piffle
In defending vice-chancellors’ high salaries (“Are vice-chancellors in the UK overpaid – all things considered?”, Opinions, 3 August), Len Shackleton brings out the tired old argument, also used in...
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Moral hazards
Lesley-Jane Eales-Reynolds (Letters, 3 August) makes a useful suggestion for some “calibration” across universities for what it actually means to meet Higher Education Academy standards. The...
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Estimates may vary
The article “UK university pension scheme deficit widens to £12.6 billion” is misleading. The Universities Superannuation Scheme is not in deficit in the ordinary meaning of the word. It is very cash...