Pre-Robbins reforms
Phil Baty (“A growing concern sprouts new branches”, Young University Rankings 2017 supplement, 6 April) states that “the 1963 Robbins report heralded the birth of ‘plate glass’ universities such as...
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Égalité, fraternité?
I read with interest your research report concerning the relatively modest level of French academic salaries and its apparent link to “institutional equality” between junior and senior staff,...
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Concessions, please
Although academic conferences frequently offer reduced-rate registration for students, with the rise of zero-hour contracts in higher education there is an increasing need for reductions for...
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Canada science review: will funding plea be put into practice?
Scholars applaud call to increase cash for basic research, but question timing of release
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Lost in the storm: how a hurricane blew through political science
Cancellation of conference as cyclone swept in led to loss of 76 papers, say economists
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Central European University: bill highlights EU ‘weakness’
Global academic leaders have found themselves powerless against Hungary’s government
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Australia’s universities to release sexual assault data
All higher education institutions agree to make figures from nationwide survey publicly available
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Taiwan to launch office of research integrity
Government announces new centre in the wake of scandal at National Taiwan University
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University head faces resignation calls over safe space criticism
University leader said she did not think that safe spaces 'correlated' with debate and academic inquiry
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Brexit and Gibraltar: EU wrong to ‘play the sovereignty card’
University of Gibraltar vice-chancellor Daniella Tilbury reflects on how Brexit negotiations are awakening old insecurities
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Assessing PhD supervisors ‘leads to higher completion rates’
Conference hears how University of Adelaide uses metrics to improve performance