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Rejected MA was too critical of white establishment, says academic
Black scholar at UCL claims that he lost out on a permanent job after his proposed course ‘scared’ the academy
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More scientists mean bigger slice of funding pie for Wales
Welsh universities need 600 more additional academics in STEMM subjects to get their ‘fair’ share of research cash
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Labour must be steered by the economy in policy rethink
£6K tuition fees was the wrong idea at the wrong time. The party has to tailor its next plans for higher education to the wider climate, argues Andy Westwood
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‘Cuckoo managers’ are throwing out academy traditions
Managerialism has taken over the university, professor argues
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Right turn: why I voted Tory
Diana Beech explains why her choice at the ballot box was an act of defiance against other academics
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Bureaucracy: why won’t scholars break their paper chains?
If the form-filling that plagues academia is pointless, why do academics comply with it? asks Eliane Glaser
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The secrets to successful interdisciplinary work
Researchers are advised to learn how to manage their own expectations and to be synergistic. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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21 May 2015
Look to the future – Is the traditional doctoral thesis headed for oblivion?
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Carina Buckley, Danny Dorling, David Hardiman, R. C. Richardson, Vernon Trafford...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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World in brief – 21 May 2015
Source: GettyUnited StatesMr President, you’ve got mailActor Tom Hanks has put his weight behind President Barack Obama’s plans to give US students two years of community college education without...
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Q&A with David Maguire
We speak to the Greenwich v-c and newly appointed head of Jisc
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Grant winners – 21 May 2015
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Martin KuballInstitution: University of BristolGallium nitride diamond...
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They smashed his vote!
Surely Mr Ted Odgers, candidate for Smash the Bosses, Poppleton West, should demand a rerun of the ballot (“Local election tsunami”, The Poppletonian, 14 May). His failure to obtain a single vote...
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A toast to Soviet science
PeteinBlack (“Soviet administrators”, Letters, 14 May) is convinced that “the managerialist regime inside many universities is worryingly similar to aspects of the Soviet Union”. If only it were so....