High and arbitrary fees
Charging high fees for the right to reproduce photographs of out-of-copyright artworks in academic publications is, as Robin Simon has written in the British Art Journal, a “loathsome practice” that...
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Student complaints about assessment grow as fee levels rise
Increasingly litigious students are consequence of consumerist nature of universities, says lawyer
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QAA seeks new quality development director
Agency head Anthony McClaran elaborates on what the role will entail. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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A peek at Australia’s Petri dish
What can the UK learn from the uncapped student numbers ‘experiment’ that is already in full swing Down Under?
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Reclaim your linguistic property
Chants, used positively by Tottenham Hotspur fans, must not be appropriated by anti-Semites looking for an excuse to tout hatred, says Emma Rees
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Are questionable marketing claims slipping past the watchdogs?
The ASA and QAA may be too passive, argues study that found misleading claims in prospectuses
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23 January 2014
Sea change - Winners and losers in Australia’s uncapped student numbers race
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World in brief - 23 January 2014
United StatesStanford’s Steele heads to BerkeleyA highly ranked university in California has poached a senior academic from one of its nearest rivals. It was announced last week that Claude Steele, a...
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THE Scholarly Web - 23 January 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Q&A with Nick Wright
We speak to the pro vice‑chancellor for research and innovation at Newcastle University
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Reginald Foakes, 1923-2013
One of the leading Shakespearean scholars of his generation has died
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News in brief - 23 January 2014
Student recruitmentSalford revises ad-spend dataLast week Times Higher Education reported that the University of Salford had trebled its spending on marketing to prospective students between 2010-11...
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Grant winners - 23 January 2014
National Institute for Health ResearchPublic Health Research programmeAward winner: Helen ElseyInstitution: University of LeedsValue: £464,761Understanding the impacts of care farms on health and...
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Title holder supreme
Further to Richard M. S. Wilson’s letter (9 January) on the confusing plethora of titles adopted by UK universities to identify academic staff, it is worth remembering that the former colleges of...
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Burdensome language
What does it say about the status of teaching (and, by extension, students) in some universities when a news report refers to academics being “freed” from “the burden of teaching” and “protected”...