THE podcast: 24 April 2014 issue review
Download the podcastHow much should graduate teaching assistants get paid? Should more be done to encourage men on to female-dominated degree courses? And what lies in store in this week’s Times...
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The perils of REF 'irradiation'
Academics have internalised research assessment to such a degree that the effects may be irreversible, fears Thomas Harrison
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University of the buffer zone
The story of an unlikely branch campus in Cyprus and higher education on a divided island
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Women in STEM ‘sole focus’ of gender imbalance debate
More men must be encouraged into female-dominated areas such as nursing and teaching, says Ucas chief
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Turnitin: learning aid or cheaters’ helper?
Students’ use of plagiarism software is educational, firm and some scholars say
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Huge variation in graduate teaching assistants’ pay
Survey finds earnings fluctuate by department and wages fail to reflect hours worked
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Reading Dante: From Here to Eternity, by Prue Shaw
Elena Lombardi lauds a persuasive invitation to everyone yet to be beguiled by the Divine Comedy
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London Met told to act or face ‘extreme vulnerability’
University warned of ‘pattern of decline’ amid student recruitment problems
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World in brief - 24 April 2014
United StatesASA’s Israel boycott boosts membershipThe American Studies Association, an organisation that promotes the study of American culture and history, has increased its membership by more than...
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Sigbert Prais, 1928-2014
An economist who specialised in looking at the causes of low productivity in the UK has died
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Q&A with Baroness Scotland of Asthal
We speak to the chancellor of the University of Greenwich
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A premier notion
Georgina Edsel, Poppleton University’s deputy head of brand management (“New name for ‘Bottom Russellers’ ”, The Poppletonian, 17 April) is definitely thinking along the right lines in proposing a...
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A lesson worth learning
It is useful to learn from Hazel Christie’s thoughtful review of Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III and Mark A. McDaniel (Books, 3 April) that...
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Spurring social change
Malcolm Gillies (“Wedding toast”, Opinion, 3 April) is prudent to emphasise the fact that discrimination is still alive and kicking in our universities.However, we must remember that we live in a...
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Global STEM students
I am delighted that the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has called on the government to make substantial changes to UK migration policy to reverse the declining trend in international...