Nobel laureate’s ‘joke’ cannot be laughed off
Thanks for the online responses to my article about sexist language (“Comic fig leaf”, Opinion, 16 July). One commentator says that, despite the backfiring joke, he thinks that Nobel laureate Sir Tim...
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Eton mess
It is ironic indeed that the head of the most elitist education institute in the UK, one that is supported by ample private funding, chooses to deliver a sweeping attack on a sector that is...
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Female managers in initial teacher training 'struggle' to survive
Research shows female ITT leaders having to 'reinvent' themselves to survive in a more marketised landscape
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News blog: Is One Nation Science just the latest UK research map?
The launch of Jo Johnson’s One Nation Science strategy has put place firmly on the research policy agenda, says Holly Else
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Number of German students in UK drops for first time since 2007
Report attributes decline to UK government trebling tuition fees
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Hefce reveals £150m cut
Funding council details how cash will be saved from English universities’ 2014-15 and 2015-16 budgets after George Osborne demanded extra cuts
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President’s doctor to lead new Turkish medical university
Health leaders express fears for institution’s independence after Erdoğan appoints his physician and party deputy
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Máire Geoghegan-Quinn to lead gender equality review in Ireland
Former European Commissioner to lead a national review to address “systemic gender inequality” in higher education
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Could supervision funding be at risk from future BIS cuts?
Rosemary Deem, the new chair of the UK Council for Graduate Education, tells Holly Else of the risks to PhD support from the government spending review
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Universities’ counterterrorism duty: the legal view
鶹 Office guidance on university events involving external speakers raises a number of questions, says Smita Jamdar
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Warwick students represent US prisoners on death row
Law students from the University of Warwick have so far been involved in 36 death penalty cases in the US
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Speeding up scholarly communication for rapid sharing
Dalmeet Singh Chawla rounds up the recent discussion about single figure publications
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Student debts to exceed £50,000 for poorest, says IFS
Institute for Fiscal Studies says George Osborne’s Budget changes will also hit middle-earning graduates by more than £6,000 on average
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Final salary pensions to be axed for London support staff
Predicted £310 million deficit prompts sweeping changes for non-academic personnel