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A ߣߣƵ analysis revealed that support staff are in the majority at 71 per cent of UK higher education institutions (“Academics in the minority at more than two-thirds of UK...
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Apt formal formula
While I share Karen Harris’ concerns abut the formulaic pattern of the essay and its one-size-fits-all framework, I strongly disagree with the implication that the essay structure is “potentially...
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Spare change
I found the 10 steps to PhD failure article a bit bemusing (Features, 27 August). It did not start off well for me as No 1 proudly stated that “[staying] at the same university” is a route to failure...
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Why so negative?
In the survey referred to in “Modern languages REF results ‘skewed’ by subpanel merger” (News, 27 August), respondents were asked, “Was the change of panel structure a benefit?” To this, 22...
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The UK has lessons to learn from Germany
Emulating Germany’s funding model would not be easy, but English critics tend to overlook its strengths, says Howard Hotson
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In perspective: 50 years of university teaching
As he retires, Alan Ryan reflects on how higher education has changed and asks if the sector’s expansion has been a success
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Grant winners – 10 September 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Laurie Taylor – 10 September 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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How science is distilling its message
Dalmeet Singh Chawla looks at short, sharp new ways to impart information from journal articles
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Svetlana Boym, 1959-2015
A scholar, novelist and photographer whose work drew on her past as a Jewish émigré from the Soviet Union has died
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Interview with Kevin Sinfield
The former England rugby league captain and double university graduate talks higher education and life after sport. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Disorders of orders of magnitude
China’s sheer size means that its present economic woes will be felt worldwide, not least across the higher education sector