THE podcast: 27 March 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe 2014-15 recurrent grant allocations by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, academics recalling their PhD supervisors, and one scholar’s escapades surfing in...
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Former Queen Mary lecturer’s unfair dismissal claim rejected
Tribunal rules that academic’s post was genuinely redundant
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Boards of investigation: on surfing and learning
The academic who says riding the waves can boost cross-cultural communication and sustainable tourism
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Me and my PhD supervisor: tales of love and loathing
Academics discuss how supervisors shaped their teaching
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Truly, madly, deeply
To: All University StaffFrom: The Office of Jamie Targett, Director of Corporate AffairsAt last week’s meeting of the University Marketing and Branding Committee, concern was expressed at the overuse...
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The week in higher education - 27 March 2014
It felt as though this was the week the world of front-line politics finally caught up with the stark warnings that have been detailed in these pages for some time – that the £9,000 fee system is...
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Geographical distribution of degree holders
The five local authorities with the highest percentage of residents holding a degree are in London
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Not all pathways are private ones
The feature “The rise of the route masters” (20 March) gives a partial picture of what it terms the pre-degree pathways “industry” by assuming that private providers have created and now monopolise a...
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Back of the cab numbers
Your editorial “Got value, or taken for a ride?” (20 March) claims that “cab drivers’ views notwithstanding, university applications have held up”. If I were driving your cab, I might contest that...
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Grant winners - 27 March 2014
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Damon TeagleInstitution: University of SouthamptonThe timing and duration...
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Racial exclusions
I concur with most of the views expressed by those who spoke at the “Why Isn’t My Professor Black?” event (“Shades of racism blight the academy”, News, 20 March).One speaker is absolutely right about...
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World in brief - 27 March 2014
Australia‘Poor standards’ a fictionThere is no evidence that some Australian universities are softer markers or have lower academic standards than others, a study has found. The four-year “Office for...
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Stand-out marketing
I was unsurprised to read about the increase in marketing spend by post-1992 universities (“It’s spend, spend, spend to attract students, but does anyone notice?”, News, 20 March).Recent research by...
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By the seat of his pants
Omar Malik writes a good knock-about review of Matthias Beck and Beth Kewell’s Risk: A Study of its Origins, History and Politics (Books, 13 March), but he clearly read a different text from the one...
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Now is the time to invest
The news that the government’s loan scheme is likely to be as expensive as the system it replaced because of the amount of student debt that may never be repaid (“New fees regime edges close to cost...