TEF: tales of mismeasures and sour grapes
Edward Peck, the vice-chancellor of Nottingham Trent University, argues “Don’t attack the TEF, embrace it” (Opinion, 23 June). Such a view makes me despair. The teaching excellence framework does not...
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Hallway supervisors
Re your story on the University of Northampton’s new campus, “Hot-desking appears on horizon as Waterside project nears completion” (News, 22 June). I remember being without a designated office space...
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Unhealthy diversion
I have a great deal of sympathy with the views of Philip Chan about the diversion of funds from teaching student doctors to research (“Medical education is a rich patient at risk of being bled dry”,...
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External ends
Some time ago, I wrote lamenting the demise of the external examiner on undergraduate degree programmes. We have just had the exam board meeting for final-year students, and what a dirge this has...
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Universities ‘failing to prepare graduates for UK film industry’
Generic courses may not be equipping students with much-needed skills, says British Film Institute
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Elsevier victory over Sci-Hub ‘shows research is corporate asset’
Stanford professor says $15 million lawsuit victory will not engender sympathy for publishing giant
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THE Awards 2017: entry deadline extended
UK universities now have until 2 July to submit their entries
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Proposals for EU citizens’ post-Brexit rights worry universities
Sector figures say government proposals fail to guarantee future for academics based in the UK
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Female academics ‘interrupted more in interviews than men’
Treatment of engineering scholars seen as sign of hostile ‘prove it again’ attitude
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Traumatic histories: the ethics of research in conflict zones
Academics investigating militarism and war must explore their own assumptions as well as those of their societies, event hears
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Smits: fund ‘disruptive innovators’ to create Europe’s Uber
Director-general of research and innovation at the European Commission says university research funding would not be affected
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British vice-chancellor ‘forced out of ߣߣƵ’ by visa reforms
Former Heriot-Watt principal Steve Chapman says he will have to leave Edith Cowan University in 2020