Graduate teaching assistants have been left behind by all
Striking academics call for better pay, but the PhD students who support their work are suffering even more, Fern Riddell says
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Data privacy change could be a bitter pill
Proposed European reforms could stymie UK health research, says MRC head
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Poor aren’t making inroads into elite universities
Contrast between their chances and those of the rich are unchanged since late 1990s, Offa finds
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Cool it, Which? A degree is not a fridge
The concept of a student market - and so the involvement of the Consumers’ Association - is flawed, argues Martin McQuillan
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13 February 2014
Convolutionary tale - Does Germany’s U-turn on fees hold lessons for the UK?
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Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality, by Max Tegmark
An intellectual adventure that seeks to explain everything through maths captivates John Gribbin
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Reclaiming American Virtue: The Human Rights Revolution of the 1970s, by Barbara Keys
Marilyn Young on the development of human rights as an important issue in the US
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Wizards, Aliens and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction, by Charles L. Adler
Her Star Trek dream dashed, Noel-Ann Bradshaw is still delighted by the science of impossible tales
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The Watchdog That Didn’t Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative Journalism, by Dean Starkman
A demonstration of the need for modern muckrakers also celebrates the best work journalism can do, finds Tim Luckhurst
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Students take legal action over withdrawal of visa sponsorships
Overseas recruits on LSBF-taught course seek damages over treatment by university sponsor
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Day one of lifelong engagement at Nottingham
Who got that job? Doug Thomson discusses fundraising and getting Nottingham alumni involved long term. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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Former member’s misconduct causes third retraction for lab
Image manipulation has forced retraction of Oxford unit’s Cell Metabolism paper
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Raw deal for BME students?
Do black, Asian and minority ethnic students get value for money from our top universities?When selecting the university they believe will provide them with the best student experience and a degree...
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Following the Leader: Ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, by David M. Lampton
Jonathan Mirsky on a selective view of the Chinese political elite
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Institute of Education will bring ‘healthy dowry’ to UCL marriage
Proposed merger is for academic reasons, not to cut costs, insists UCL provost