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Welcome to the hot seat, Mr Johnson
David Bell has some words of wisdom for Jo Johnson, the new minister for universities and science, as an ‘eventful’ five years loom
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Why McMaster University gave its female academics a pay rise
When his university found evidence of a £2,000 gender pay gap, it knew what was the right thing to do - and it did it, says David Wilkinson
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Beyond: Our Future in Space, by Chris Impey
This examination of space exploration has its feet firmly on the ground, writes Monica Grady
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14 May 2015
Proportional response - The causes of and solutions to gender imbalance at the top
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John Staniforth, 1953-2015
A leading figure in the pharmaceutical sciences has died
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Q&A with Tracey Reynolds
We speak to the new professor of social sciences at the University of Greenwich
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World in brief – 14 May 2015
CanadaSmaller slice of sector’s revenue pie goes on salariesThe share of Canadian universities’ spending allocated to academics’ salaries fell between 2000 and 2013, challenging the argument that...
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Grant winners – 14 May 2015
Leverhulme TrustMajor research fellowshipsAward winner: Stephen HartInstitution: University College LondonValue: £97,155A critical edition of the apostolic processus of Santa Rosa de Lima (1586-1617)...
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News in brief – 14 May 2015
PublishingSpringer Nature is bornCompetition authorities have approved the merger of two major publishers. The European Union and the US Department of Justice have cleared the unification of Springer...
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Teledons say ‘eh oh’
Michael Stewart, professor of social anthropology and vice-dean for enterprise and knowledge transfer at University College London, says that universities are deadly conservative, are not nearly as...
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Exam problems
I was interested in the study into inconsistent marking, in particular that the examiners awarded “hugely inconsistent marks” and that “a large element of unreliability” would always remain in...
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Apples and oranges
I cannot see how the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (Ahelo) project could realistically test learning outcomes in tertiary...
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Soviet administrators
Rob Briner’s article on the misapplication of private sector human resources techniques in universities lucidly characterises the regime of micromanagement and constant monitoring (bordering on...