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Royal Holloway council lacks academic input: UCU
Unity decries decisions made āad hocā without consulting scholars
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Lancaster considers federal union to bolster world profile and research power
V-c believes āradical solutionā is the way to rise up the rankings. John Morgan reports
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News in brief - 9 May 2013
SingaporeBy George protesters standAcademics and students at Nanyang Technological University have taken to the internet to protest over a prominent scholar and critic of state power in Singapore who...
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Campus round-up - 9 May 2013
Do as the vervets doResearchers have observed a rare example of ācultural transmissionā among wild monkeys. Working with two groups of vervets in South Africa, scientists from the University of St...
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News in brief - 9 May 2013
MoocsAnother four on FuturelearnFour more universities have announced plans to offer massive open online courses via the UK-based Futurelearn platform, taking the total number of higher education...
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Overblown studentsā egos ignore teachersā expertise
Undergraduate-led learning environment is eroding academicsā authority, Jack Grove writes
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Odds and quads - 9 May 2013
These striking posters are part of the personal material donated by playwright Willy Russell to Liverpool John Moores Universityās Special Collections and Archives
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Liberal US academics keep their politics to themselves
Research reveals conservative fears of left-wing influence are unfounded
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Social science signal: āThank you, Mr Presidentā
Obama defends discipline from Republican attacks
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Massive, open, online appraisals
Martha Kanter, the US undersecretary of education, came by class at the University of Pennsylvania the other day and made three points about massive open online courses that are worth elaboratingShe...
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Hollandeās HE reforms face test
Embattled French leaderās attempts to fix university sectorās problems have met with a mixed response
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Grant winners - 9 May 2013
Leverhulme TrustResearch Leadership AwardsSciencesAward winner: Michelle MoramInstitution: Imperial College LondonValue: Ā£893,476Material solutions for a developing worldResearch Project...
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Doctoral talking shops are the best we've got
The feature āWhim and rigourā (25 April) does not provide an entirely thorough analysis. It asks if the viva is still fit for purpose, so it should have examined in more depth its current purposes,...
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More than a mere device
In her defence of creative writing, Fay Weldon argues that our schools and universities need a new discipline called literacy (āPersuasion: teaching not the what, but the how, of crafting wordsā, 2...