1994 Group: U-Multirank will do UK a disservice
A European Commission-funded project to compare universities is “unlikely to further boost the profile of UK institutions and may actually confuse the picture for prospective applicants”, the 1994...
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Research intelligence - No Frozen assets, but plenty to see
The Open University's pro v-c for research on impact, doctorates and the digital space. Paul Jump reports
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The week in higher education
• A journalism lecturer and former News of the World reporter arrested in connection with the phone-hacking scandal says she has "never been involved in the interception of telecommunications"....
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Leader: Soul path to course corrections
In a reformed sector, marketers should play a role in the creation of degrees - but academics must remain in charge of the process
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From where I sit - Failed state of education
For far too long, Nigeria's leaders have ignored the hidden factors underpinning the dismal performance of the country's university system.Recently, the newspapers quoted Namadi Sambo, Nigeria's vice...
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Appointments
London Metropolitan UniversityCécile TschirhartLondon Metropolitan University has appointed its first dean of students to act as a "champion of the student experience". Cécile Tschirhart was...
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Bless us with a silent night
Felipe Fernández-Armesto finds little joy in Christmas hymns and carols
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Surfdom
The internet has revolutionised humanities research. But has the development of ever-more sophisticated online resources freed up scholars to explore new ideas, or made them slaves to the digital...
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The new new thing
MIT's Media Lab, long renowned for a 'Wild West' research culture that invents the future, has lost some of its cutting edge. Can a new director restore it to its creative zenith? asks Zoë Corbyn
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'Delivery'? We are teachers, not milkmen
Today's corporate vocabulary, freely and unthinkingly deployed by university leaders, was a product of the military. It was then adopted by the first modern big businesses, the railways, in the 19th...
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Leading questions
If ߣߣƵ were an academic journal, it would have been particularly pleasing to have been its guest editor last week. There are so many clear conceptual links between the articles...
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Woolf code no panacea
The Woolf report recommends that the London School of Economics should have an "embedded code of ethics and reputational risk" ("LSE's 'mistakes were legion' in Libyan dealings, Woolf finds", 1...
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Political lobby
It's a bit late to start worrying about a possible fall in state school applications to more selective institutions as more students choose to study at home to reduce costs ("Elite fear fall in...
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Critical mass effects
In their different ways, Malcolm Gillies ("Thou shalt not sit on fences", 1 December) and John Mair ("Breaking the news mould", 1 December) help us to think beyond the academy's conventional "regime...
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Bring the bags to the room
The University of Cumbria's Peter Ovens confirms my own experiences ("To spoon-feed is not to nurture", 24 November). I recently helped out on the computing services help-desk of a 1994 Group...