Peer review system 'leads to good research going unpublished'
Researchers have used an art competition to model what happens during peer review, and their work raises further questions over its effectiveness
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Myanmar takes steps towards university autonomy
New government is opening up to the wider world, but much remains to be done, says British Council country director
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Students with regional accents ‘ridiculed and silenced’
Call for universities to stamp out 'last acceptable' form of discrimination
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Flemming Rose speaking invite withdrawn by Cape Town
V-c says presence on campus of Danish journalist who commissioned Muhammad cartoons could 'retard rather than advance academic freedom'. Elizabeth Redden reports
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World insight: designing experiential learning at Yale-NUS College
To effectively embed experiential learning, the whole university needs to buy into the idea, says Trisha Craig
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Three-quarters of students 'angry about Brexit'
YouthSight poll also finds that nearly one in five student Brexit supporters would now change their vote
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Turkey purge: crackdown may cause exodus of top scholars
Unprecedented ’cleansing’ of academia may force many leading minds to leave the country, scholar warns
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European university leaders call for links with UK to continue
Presidents' associations issue statement in wake of Brexit vote
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Why I think the TEF is pushing elite universities towards privatisation
Students could be forced to choose between the dodgy dossiers of established reputation and the imposter proxies of the TEF, says Liz Morrish
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CMA tells universities to improve treatment of students
Three institutions agree to changes over fees, course costs and progression
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White working-class boys in HE: no definition ‘prevents progress’
Widening participation by the group ‘hugely held back’ by lack of agreed statistical category, conference hears
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Oxford college reserves new places for disadvantaged students
University College will also offer 'bridging programme' to help undergraduates develop academic skills
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Gordon Marsden: tuition fee increase is ‘disgraceful’
Fee rises confirmed today will have a negative effect on social mobility, writes Gordon Marsden
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These are the questions we should be asking about animal research
Debate about research on animals fails to tackle all the issues, says Gail Davies