Shanghai journalism students prepare to make waves
Oriental Morning Post editor spells out challenges of changing media landscape, says Hong Bing
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Austerity canard stymies funding debate
Who in our sector has the political will to make the case for state-backed higher education for all, asks Thomas Docherty
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Reputations at risk as platforms fail to screen Moocs
Poor-quality courses on platforms such as Coursera, edX and Udacity could cause reputational damage to universities, says Oxford expert
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Campus close-up: University of Leeds
Yorkshire powerhouse puts accent on interdisciplinarity, research themes and life lessons for undergraduates
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Paul de Man: the fall and the fallout
Is it time to stop picking over the scandals of Paul de Man’s life and focus on his critical work? asks Martin McQuillan
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UCU presses Warwick to sever ties with SGH Martineau after blog post
Senior associate David Browne likened the handling of Suárez to that of ‘insubordinate’ scholars
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King’s cuts and runs from debate
Editor’s note: Dorothy Bishop’s article on proposed job losses at King’s College London (“A senseless purge”, Opinion, 3 July) attracted many comments on Times Higher Education’s website. Among them...
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Students’ unions are being co-opted and depoliticised
Their democratic structures undermined and autonomy rescinded, the bodies face a quiet, deadly crisis, says Michael Chessum
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Plymouth offers no information on Wendy Purcell's leave status
Vice-chancellor’s absence fuels speculation but university stays quiet
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News in brief - 10 July 2014
Vice-chancellors’ payGoldsmiths gives students a sayA London university has become the first in the UK to allow a student to join the panel that decides its vice-chancellor’s pay. A student will now...
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Swansea staff accused of being stuck in the 1960s
Dean Nigel Piercy is accused of ‘undermining’ academics’ confidence with his outspoken view
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Analysis: Slow progress on recognition of teaching excellence
More universities introduce teaching professorships but rewards still lag behind those for research
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The right to be unpopular
Universities need to be careful about equating academic freedom and outspoken opinions with employee misconduct
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Toughest teaching challenges
We asked scholars about the topics they find hardest to teach
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Named but not shamed
Christopher Beedham makes excellent points in his insightful letter about the managerial blight that now paralyses UK universities (“A vote to leave the market”, Letters, 3 July).There is, I feel,...