In praise of the higher education bill
The passing of the Higher Education Governance Bill in Scotland’s Parliament by an overwhelming vote should surely hearten all those who seek to open up university governance to more democratic...
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Grammar lessons
How is it that in a typical English department, the one thing that is hardly taught or studied at all is English – the language, with its history, its variety and its structure? (A recent survey of...
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Worth lobbying for
I applaud Ben Goldacre for extolling the virtues of non-profit lobbying (“Ban academics talking to ministers? We should train them to do it”, Opinion, 10 March). There are numerous issues that are...
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Budget 2016: PhD loans of £25K on offer from 2018-19
George Osborne also pledges review of support for part-time study and data on graduate earnings by course
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Students have a right to know if lecturers are on casual contracts
Universities should not be able to hide their reliance on fixed-term staff and insecure employment practices, says Sally Hunt
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How not to chair a committee meeting in a university
Inadequate preparation, failure to keep control and poor time-keeping are among Athene Donald’s six deadly sins
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University of Sussex 'founding father' Asa Briggs dies
The social historian, who was second v-c of Sussex and later chancellor of the Open University, was 94
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University leadership: sailing together or sinking in rough seas?
Higher education managers must focus on the capacity of the collective if institutions are to succeed, argue Richard Bolden, Sandra Jones, Heather Davis and Paul Gentle
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Should academics be paid for peer review?
As the number of papers needing review increases, journals are thinking of replacing a voluntary system with cash rewards
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UK universities 'losing cyber security battle'
More than a third of institutions suffer successful cyber attack every hour, study suggests
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Policymakers have ‘cynicism’ for UK business schools, says dean
Chair of Chartered Association of Business Schools questions government’s STEM focus when it comes to research funding
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US university students demand free tampons on campus
Some institutions are starting to listen to the growing call for better access to menstruation products, reports Jake New for Inside Higher Ed
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Chinese universities must forge own path on teaching enterprise
Institutions will struggle with Chinese government push on entrepreneurship, Ellie Bothwell hears Zhejiang University dean tell conference in Beijing
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University of Oxford scholar Andrew Wiles wins maths 'Nobel'
Academic is awarded Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for solving Fermat’s Last Theorem