Inhale…and relax
Further to “Advice squadâ€, the feature about PhD supervision ( March). In 1988, when I still smoked, I had my PhD viva in the department of government at the University of Manchester. My supervisor,...
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Vital facts pinned down
Ray Stoneham worries that a “seismic shift to online discourse†will leave academics, who are not on first-name terms with modern-day referencing, “in their ivory towers calculating the number of...
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Unhappy resolution
I am a senior lecturer at a UK university who has been in post for more than 10 years. Until two years ago, I would have paid scant attention to the story “PhD scholarship appeal bid fails†(News,...
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Reading problems
I think that Julian Elliott has not gone far enough in his criticisms of the dyslexia myth and industry (Letters, 20 March; “Is it time to rethink dyslexia?â€, Opinion, 6 March). As a practising...
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Upping access Down Under
In regard to “Lifting the cap ‘fails to widen access’ in Australia†(News, March), your article on the impact that Australia’s approach to funding higher education by demand rather than supply has...
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Primed and readied
The feature “The rise of the route masters†(20 March) could have benefited from contrasting private pre-degree schemes with the aims and values of some of the earliest university foundation...
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Open must be affordable
We are grateful to members of the web community, including Peter Murray-Rust (“Blogger set on smoothing road to open accessâ€, News, March), who are working hard to enrich the data on open access...
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On academic issues, law bows to managers
Having sat through most of the hearing and considered the judges’ remarks as the case proceeded (“Queen Mary critic loses unfair dismissal claimâ€, March), I formed the view that what most colleagues...
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Higher education contributes £73bn to UK plc
UUK report details scope of sector’s economic activity, which adds up to 2.8 per cent of GDP
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Number of students starting PhDs falls
The number of students beginning PhDs funded by six research councils has fallen by more than 20 per cent since 2009-10
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‘No academic boycott’, Willetts reassures Israelis
Universities and science minister at BIRAX conference affirms intention to encourage partnerships for joint scientific research projects
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Online exposure ‘leads to higher research paper correction rate’
Blog discussions of flaws spur publishers to effect more changes and retractions, says Paul Brookes
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Sir Eric Thomas: plunge in part-time study now ‘much higher priority’
Bristol v-c admits he did not know who was in charge of policy at his institution when he led UUK review
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Work experience: a good idea in theory
Nearly all undergraduates say placements and advice are valuable, but less than half end up using them, survey finds
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Campus close-up: University of Southampton
Engineering and maritime technology campus being redeveloped at Boldrewood in collaboration with industry partner