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Modern universities are not neoliberal – but many academics are
Successful publish-or-perish operators should look in the mirror before writing their next diatribe about marketisation, says Mike Marinetto
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Researching the things that go bump in the night
Matthew Reisz reflects on the advantages and disadvantages of detachment for those pursuing ghostly research
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Corporate veterans take over Australian university governance
Shift in council membership may be factor in escalating vice-chancellor pay
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Treasury opposition ‘could block’ England’s post-18 review
Chancellor opposes extra spending on universities, sources suggest, as universities minister dodges questions on report publication
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The week in higher education – 16 May 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Has university governance lost touch with academic reality?
Recent controversies in Australia over vice-chancellors’ pay, Ramsay Centre funding and the role of academic presses have raised questions about whether university boards have too few – or, perhaps,...
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Heartbeats and spreadsheets: researching the psychology of the paranormal
Neil Dagnall and Ken Drinkwater tell Matthew Reisz about the rare pleasures of teaching and researching belief in ghosts, alien abductions and conspiracy theories
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Research intelligence: how to get more from academic conferences
Be kind, be constructive and go easy on the free booze, conference veterans advise new and returning attendees
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Minister restates opposition to student loan grade threshold
Chris Skidmore tells MPs he is yet to see a copy of the Augar review’s report
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London Met v-c: PM wants us to fail, but we’re not going anywhere
V-c who left school at 16 before entering university without A levels says university’s social mission is irreplaceable
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For-profits waiting as English regulator mulls register refusals
Office for Students has sent ‘minded to refuse’ letters to 20 providers
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The university where half the professoriate ‘has never published’
Nepotism and the isolation of war have left Kosovo’s oldest university battling poor research standards, but transparency campaigners hope this is changing
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Failure to support presses is a betrayal of the academic mission
Stanford University’s insistence that its press break even is another bleak milestone in corporatisation, says David Palumbo-Liu