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Laurie Taylor – 30 March 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Higher education must prepare for the rise of the machines
Automation has the potential to replace or alter 35 million jobs worldwide, which means universities must adapt to survive, argues Nancy Gleason
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No lectures on the failure of lectures, please
No lectures on the failure of lectures, please The author of the blog “Lectures: as archaic as bloodletting in an era of modern medicine” (www.timeshighereducation.com, 19 March) compares lectures...
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Apples and pears
Student experience is undeniably important, but comparing full-time campus-based learning to distance learning is like comparing apples and pears. As we saw in the recent Times Higher Education ...
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Creed and credence
In the article “They have eyes but cannot see the ‘hostility’ religious students face” (News, 23 March), a researcher argues that institutions should embrace religious diversity on their campuses....
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Haste and waste
The opinion article “Two-year degrees? On the road to enlightenment, speed kills” (9 March) considered the downsides of accelerated degree courses. I ran a two-year law degree programme for just over...
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Grant winners – 30 March 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Japan: a crisis with opportunities
In a unique but under-pressure university system, there is still cause for optimism, as the new Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings show
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Central European University fights for survival in Hungary
George Soros-funded institution could be ‘first victim’ of increasingly illiberal world order, observers say
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Arrest of students in Belarus condemned
Union calls for universities to remove barriers to peaceful protest
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Stop binning negative results, researchers told
Code of conduct frames non-publication of unexpected results as an issue of research integrity