Way down in a hole
Far below Romanian soil lies the Movile Cave, a chthonic environment sealed off from light and the outside world for millions of years. Jack Grove reports on a UK scientist’s descent into research...
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What lies beneath: the Movile Cave’s dark secrets
In a world untouched by the Sun for millennia, a UK scientist found research heaven and arachnophobe hell
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Lettori suffer 50% pay cut
‘Race law’ cited in imposition of reductions
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REF alternative delivers similar outcome for QR funding
Report says distribution would change little if based on institutions’ research council income
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Decision-making in universities should be predictable and clear
Efficient and inclusive decision-making will help universities to gain the support of their communities, says Ferdinand von Prondzynski
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Bahram Bekhradnia: a critical friend delivers home truths
Clear sight essential, thick skin an advantage: Hepi’s outgoing director looks back on 11 years of scrutiny on the sector’s behalf
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Race discrimination in academia 'has not improved' over past 20 years
Black and ethnic minority academics still suffer racism, study finds. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Clinton: Moocs may be key to a more efficient US system
Former president says online courses could drive down costs
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Leader - Hepi, Hepi, hooray!
If the UK wishes its sector as a whole to be as well regarded as its elite stars, the right balance must be found in funding
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The week in higher education
While cinemagoers enjoy the Tina Fey romcom Admission - set at Princeton University - a real-life admissions furore has been unfolding in the US press. Writing in the Wall Street Journal on 5 April,...
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Campus round-up
Eastern exposureA first-year student has spent months painstakingly capturing the changing face of his university campus on film, which has become a hit online. Morten Rustad, a business management...
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Odds and quads
The caribou figurine from the Canadian Arctic (above, top-left), dated to around 1920, was used in rituals by Inuit hunters.
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Prudent lessons
Financial adroitness and efficient resource management has, in cash-flow terms, allowed Swansea Metropolitan University to sprint ahead of the pack. Could its fiscal success offer insights to the...
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The long view
A great historian’s last essays illuminate an era of social and artistic change, writes Roger Morgan