NUS officer class stands apart in its lack of diversity
Study finds union leadership to be unreflective of the students they represent, being still dominated by middle-class white men
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16 April 2015
Take leave - Sabbaticals can revitalise mind and body, but who gets a break?
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Finding the place where two kinds of truth can meet
Confronting students with facts that they might not be aware of or comfortable with can have surprising results, says Robert Lee Maril
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Q&A with Steve Egan
We speak to the incoming vice-president (implementation) at the University of Bath
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World in brief – 16 April 2015
United StatesComputer said yes, but it shouldn’t haveTexas State University has become the latest US institution to send acceptance letters to hundreds of applicants in error. About 450 students...
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News in brief – 16 April 2015
TES GlobalTHE parent acquires UniJobsߣߣƵ’s parent company, TES Global, has acquired UniJobs, the online global network for academic and research positions, it was announced this...
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Early viewing advisable
I am shocked to hear of the poverty of accommodation, valued at a miserly £16,000 a year, offered to the president of Imperial College London by his employer (“Premium rate numbers”, Features, 2...
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Dressing up a scapegoat
The used-clothing industry is not hidden (Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes, by Andrew Brooks, Books, 9 April). There have been various television, radio and...
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Equality comes from within
Scottish universities committing to gender balance on their governing boards is a step in the right direction (“Scottish universities make board gender balance pledge”, 9 April). However, it is...
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Paying the piper
Nick Hillman notes that “since students and lecturers are facing larger class sizes…they should be asking where all those £9,000 fees are going” (“Workloads heavier in £9K fees era, say scholars”,...
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Journal of feasibility
In response to Aileen Fyfe’s comments, there is an example of a scientific journal successfully forgoing large profits (“Publish and be poor: journals shouldn’t just be about money”, Opinion, 9 April...
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Free speech or just abuse?
My friend Geoffrey Alderman and I agree on most things, but on the matter of his academic freedom and the mock-academic conference on Israel’s right to exist at the University of Southampton, I have...
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Quality evaluations
How much do student evaluations of the quality of academic staff in universities reflect the quality of academic research? The data from the ߣߣƵ Student Experience Survey 2015...
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No way to manage tragedy
So the death of Stefan Grimm may not have been prevented even “if revised policies on performance management had been in place” (“New policy may not have prevented Imperial scholar’s suicide, inquest...
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The week in higher education – 16 April 2015
As their loans rack up and house prices spiral, today’s university students could be forgiven for doubting that they will ever own their own homes. But at least they have the edge on their parents...