Forum for the future
I am not “anti-trade union”, as Unison claims (“HR head: union shutout ignited staff enthusiasm”, News, 22 May), I am pro-representation for all employees.First, the University of Reading did not...
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Questions over open books
If open access is to be extended to books, two questions need to be put straight away. How are authors and publishers to position the boundary between books for whose publication the author must in...
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Essential training
The Mid Staffordshire scandal does not “loom over nursing education”, it looms over society (“The trials of service”, Features, 15 May) and to suggest otherwise blames people for their actions rather...
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Uncrackable codes
The phenomenon that the anonymous senior university manager is describing when he refers to worries about the appointment of ambitious outsiders (“Rise of the replicants: management clones and shades...
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Who’s the boss in the lecture hall?
Students are not, nor should they ever be considered, the employer of an instructor (“Repetitive strain”, Features, 15 May). That is the mentality of “for-profit” schools that are a shell of their...
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The week in higher education - 29 May 2014
Students at the University of Brighton are the most likely to score between the sheets, according to higher education’s most salacious – and least reliable – league table. Brighton undergraduates had...
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All roads lead to London
The lure of the capital is irresistible to universities, but with the unique opportunities come unique challenges
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The only way is Essex
Christine Hovis, our Deputy Head of Corporate Branding, has expressed her professional admiration for the latest branding initiatives being undertaken by the University of Essex.She told The...
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Frederick Friend, 1941-2014
A leading figure in the open access movement has died
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THE Scholarly Web - 29 May 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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James Stevens Curl, Katie Dow, Liz Gloyn, A. W. Purdue and Sara Read...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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RAB charge debate will ‘perplex’ future generations, says Willetts
Minister predicts that in 2050 no one will understand today’s anxiety over ‘strange figures’
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‘Lack of transparency’ in Gloucestershire’s potential tie-up with INTO
Council members absent from vote on venture with for-profit firm
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Campus close-up: Nottingham Trent University
One v-c is pursuing novel alliances and fundraising efforts to keep research at his university’s core