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United StatesAlabama State rebukedA US university has lost an appeal against a sexual harassment verdict that ruled in favour of three former employees. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 23-...
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Turkish delight for US and UK
Demographic and economic factors indicate prime location for student recruitment. Jack Grove reports
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Schools in
Schools can add much to training, the head of new Sheffield Institute of Education tells John Elmes
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Mena governance under scrutiny
World Bank study helps North African and Middle Eastern institutions to gauge how well they are run as they work to improve. David Matthews writes
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Interview - New HEA head urges greater autonomy in lecturer training
Stephanie Marshall tells Jack Grove of her plans for institutions to have autonomy over staff CPD
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Grant winners
Economic and Social Research CouncilESRC–RGC (Hong Kong) bilateral AwardAward winner: Paul MorrisInstitution: Institute of EducationValue: £70,563Hong Kong as a source for education policy in England...
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THE Scholarly Web - Question time
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Awards and promotions
University of WestminsterRoland DannreutherRoland Dannreuther, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Westminster, said he felt an equal mixture of “excitement and...
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Obituary - Jean Bethke Elshtain
A respected author and renowned philosopher of US religion, ethics and politics has died.Jean Bethke Elshtain, who had been the Laura Spelman Rockefeller professor of social and political ethics at...
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‘Obamarank’ won’t staunch rising costs in the US academy, argue Rudy Fichtenbaum and Hank Reichman
Obama’s report cards will not solve the crisis in the US academy, argue Rudy Fichtenbaum and Hank Reichman
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The wheels of the market can’t go round and round with all this red tape, says Sir Stuart Etherington
Freedom of demand but not supply, bureaucracy and Stalinist pay deals make progress almost impossible, says Sir Stuart Etherington
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Get to the point: John Kaag’s guide to academic meetings
Meetings are an inescapable annoyance for most academics, but there are ways to make them more tolerable, says John Kaag
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Alan Ryan - Wage differentials
Alan Ryan ponders the huge variation in US university heads’ remuneration
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Letters
REF noose round neck of academic freedomOver the summer, my department asked me to prepare a research excellence framework impact statement based on work I had done six years ago (“Swansea’s REF plan...
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Raising the bars
Mobile phone ownership across the continent is rocketing, but can it expand higher education’s reach and quality? Chris Parr investigates