Analysis: Fine tuning reveals distinctions
Peer review is key to identifying top quality but a fairer overall picture emerges due to changes in analysis.
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Methodology: What the pick of the crop means for the rest of the field
We look at the top performers on each measure and suggest what their success means for the sector’s development.
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A zest for juicy anecdotes
Citrus
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Dressed up to sing and rebel
Chartism
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a bestselling tale of a dysfunctional family: "The madness of an autumn prairie cold front coming...
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What the vicar saw and heard
The Entring Book of Roger Morrice
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Losing our religion but unsure about the new modes of faith
Modes of Faith
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Out of practice, if not out of pocket
From Higher Aims to Hired Hands
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There's colour in the notes
The Hidden Sense
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Grasp the thought for a sense of the world
The Inner Touch
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Exclusions from RAE see steep rise
More staff rejected as institutions focus on quest for quality ratings. Zoë Corbyn reports. Dramatic increases in the proportion of academics excluded from the research assessment exercise were...
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Ucea issues guidance for v-cs seeking to quit national pay
The university employers' body is to issue formal guidance to support vice-chancellors if they decide to pull out of national pay bargaining, writes Melanie Newman. The University and Colleges...
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'Sport focuses on achievement and develops people's team-based skills'
The head of the new UK Universities Sport plans to boost participation and encourage outreach work. Ed Smith, head of the newly created UK Universities Sport, has a clear idea about how higher...
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On the move ..
Former BBC home and legal affairs correspondent Jon Silverman has joined Bedfordshire University as professor of media and criminal justice. Also joining Bedfordshire is Andrew Slade , formerly of...
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Right to speak is threatened
Melanie Newman reports from the Battle of Ideas on the alleged 'castration' of academic freedom. Academics came under attack for failing to defend their right to freedom of speech and academic...