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Laurie Taylor – 26 January 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Grant winners – 26 January 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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TEF to limit use of ‘flawed’ NSS scores
Chair voices concerns over student satisfaction data as Cambridge’s students’ union joins NSS boycott
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Women in STEM ‘more likely to burn out’
Universities need to open up communication channels to help retain women in science, says study
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UK HE ‘should push for sector-specific’ Brexit deal
UUK accused of failing to emulate sectors ‘from farming to finance’ in seeking special deal
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Nicola Sturgeon praises Scottish universities’ internationalism
First minister speaks at launch of Universities Scotland's global higher education campaign
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Lords cut through TEF ‘nonsense’
Gill Evans laments the financial cases universities make for entering the teaching excellence framework
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Industrial strategy: stop polarising ‘vocational’ and ‘academic’ students
As UK prime minister Theresa May launches her new industrial strategy, Sir Keith Burnett reflects on how education needs to change if the UK is to succeedÂ
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‘Study drugs’ fail to help students boost grades
Stimulants such as Ritalin – prescribed for ADHD – are being used by students, but the academic benefit is ‘illusory’
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Anglicising foreign students’ names ‘could reduce bias’
Research suggests that professors are more likely to respond to Chinese students with anglicised names Â
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Vince Cable: universities will be ‘main casualties’ of Brexit
Former minister in charge of higher education says Theresa May could have won single market concessionsÂ