Stern review: research ructions and reality
Unease over the suggestion to tie work to universities overlooks the reality that the REF is an institutional review
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University of Hull v-c to stand down
Calie Pistorius, who has led the institution for just under a decade, is looking forward to his ‘next opportunity and role’
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Is research a fertile hunting ground for narcissists?
A new book by Bruno Lemaitre considers whether science is suffering from being led by the self-obsessed
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Stanley Mandelstam, 1928-2016
An academic described as a ‘giant in theoretical physics’ has died
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Interview with Dick Hobbs
We talk gangsters, London crime and dodging punches with the noted ethnographer
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OU makes ‘significant reorientation’ towards apprenticeships
Vice-chancellor predicts that sector’s ‘slightly snobbish’ attitude will be swiftly eroded
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Could accepting a Poppleton view of the campus build bridges?
Academics and administrators can learn to cooperate better if they are willing to acknowledge their stereotypes about each other
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That’s just weird!
Matthew Reisz wanders down some of the odder byways of the university scene
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What’s in a name?
The tricks and teases academics use to entice their readers: clichés, the Bard and the phrases of the moment Â
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Skills policy is failing – it’s time for a new approach
John Denham, former secretary of state for universities, innovation and skills, on the case for rethinking the supply-side strategy
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Virtual University of Uganda ‘changing mindsets’
Sub-Saharan Africa’s first online university will help other institutions in the region to embrace technology, says co-founder
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Higher pay for professors ‘was linked to better REF scores’
Study finds evidence supporting fears over a pre-REF ’transfer market’ for star academics
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Entry gap between state and private pupils widens after £9K fees
Most selective universities under fire for ‘glacial’ progress on widening access