David Willetts moots overseas universities taking part in the REF
England’s funding council has been asked to look at whether overseas universities could take part in future research excellence frameworks.
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Athena SWAN extended to research institutes
Six publicly funded research institutes have won Athena SWAN awards for promoting good employment practices for women in science.
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THE podcast: 3 April 2014 issue review
Download the podcastVice-chancellors’ pay, a plagiarism row that spans generations, and the usefulness of bombarding prospective students with data about universities are among the topics up for...
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THE podcast: Northwestern University
Download the podcastMorton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University (pictured), and Robert McQuinn, vice-president for alumni relations and development at the same institution, discuss the US...
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ߣߣƵ pay survey 2014
What’s behind the big rises for vice-chancellors? Plus, academic pay across the UK
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Resolve student complaints within set time limits, says OIA
Draft Good Practice Framework proposes adoption of early dispute resolution approach
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Zygmunt Bauman rebuffs plagiarism accusation
Sociologist claims high-quality scholarship does not depend on obedience to technical rules on referencing
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Mary Midgley: more than a sum of parts
Exasperated by a profusion of loose thinking, the philosopher tackles the assertion that the self is only a manifestation of the physical body
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A team built by numbers won’t add up to much
Universities won’t be sustainable or fulfil their missions if they manage academics using research metrics alone, says a senior manager
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UUK review to look at nine-month contracts
Efficiency task forces told to seek savings in radical changes to practices
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Everyday Utopias: The Conceptual Life of Promising Spaces, by Davina Cooper
Howard Segal on an analysis of six small-scale projects and their participants’ experiences
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This bias has wings
I was really enjoying “For the greater good” (Opinion, March). It was, I thought, a well-argued solution to how the government should use the funding system to align the interests of students,...
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Q&A with Alice Roberts
We speak to the new president of the Association for Science Education
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Durham v-c wanted student paper ‘to be an advertisement’
Former Palatinate editors claim they feared expulsion after intervention by Chris Higgins
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Short shrift from staff for Queen Mary’s short form
Implementation of QML abbreviation delayed while opposing academics are consulted