The week in higher education - 13 March 2014
Dozens of students from Indian-controlled Kashmir were suspended from university for cheering Pakistan’s victory over India in a cricket match, The Daily Telegraph reported on 5 March. The students...
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It’s OK to be shy
Shyness and a dislike of public performance are traits that students are often encouraged to ‘overcome’. We should support everyone to learn in ways that make them feel comfortable, says Bruce...
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No place for introverts in the academy?
In today’s brave new world of university learning, students aren’t allowed to be shy, says Bruce Macfarlane
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World Reputation Rankings 2014 methodology
Census sensibility reveals the global academy’s greatest names Which universities do scholars think are the best on the planet? This is no idle question, as our annual Academic Reputation Survey...
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Today’s intellectuals: too obedient?
Fred Inglis on the obligation of academics to speak truth to power
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The world’s largest private education providers
The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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Learning to profit: the world’s largest private education providers
The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.It shows the world’s largest...
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Honora Bartlett, Richard Joyner, George McKay, Jane O’Grady and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education
Prince William has had a busy time recently: high-fiving Tinie Tempah at the Baftas last week, shifting sandbags in a flood-hit Berkshire village and reportedly enjoying a hunting holiday in Spain...
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The week in higher education - 20 February 2014
It has bar stools and beer pumps, but the new “pub” at London South Bank University is not what it seems. In fact it is “an elaborate set, built at a cost of £20,000 by the psychology department; a...
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Reports of the West's demise and East's rise are greatly exaggerated
The THE World University Rankings do not signal a power shift, but rather show just how far Asia still has to go, Michael Cox argues
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Young universities’ secrets of success
Five youthful institutions that have jettisoned tired thinking are blazing their own paths ahead
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Asia crisis hits student subsidy
THE FINANCIAL crisis in Asia is likely to force New Zealand to renege on a plan to boost university and polytechnic spending by $NZ103 million (Pounds 33 million). Prime minister Jenny Shipley said a...
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Poll position: experts think these are the best in the business
The excellent response to the third round of the annual Academic Reputation Survey gives an even more accurate picture of scholarly opinion
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World Reputation Rankings 2014 results
UK’s ‘golden triangle’ accounts for 8 of the country’s 10 representatives in top 100