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Regarding âRace discrimination in academia âhas not improvedâ over past 20 yearsâ (News, 11 April). Despite the many steps taken to promote equality and diversity in the sector, no major improvements...
Regarding âRace discrimination in academia âhas not improvedâ over past 20 yearsâ (News, 11 April). Despite the many steps taken to promote equality and diversity in the sector, no major improvements...
Times Higher Education recently encouraged responses to its cover feature âMy student nemesisâ (16Â May) with a Twitter hashtag, #myworststudent. Having dropped some ÂTwitter clangers in my time, I...
Drawing on personal experience, Adrian Furnham expresses concern over what he sees as peer-review ânightmaresâ and the âarbitrariness of journal decision-makingâ (âTake the rough with the smoothâ,...
âUnwanted side-effectsâ (30 May) is a thoughtful and balanced account of the issues arising from our research on mass drug administration programmes for neglected tropical diseases, but there is one...

Spiders star in scholarâs photographic study

Times Higher Education Awards 2013Still time to shineThe closing date for entries to this yearâs Times Higher Education Awards has been extended to midnight Sunday 16 June. Institutions, departments...

Cuts to admin staff will harm brand, say Cass Business School academics

Source: Arts University of BournemouthExpress yourselfTwenty budding creatives have been crowned the winners of a university-developed art competition that âsupersizesâ the best entries on to...

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Birkbeck, University of LondonMatthew InnesThe new vice-master designate of Birkbeck, University of London, said he felt both âflattered and excitedâ to have been appointed. Matthew Innes, a...

An international expert on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has died

Emily Wilding Davison famously stepped into the path of the Kingâs horse at the Epsom Derby on 4 June 1913

United StatesTransylvanian head kick bluesAcademics have given their university president a vote of no confidence, a move unprecedented in the institutionâs history. Staff at Transylvania University...

National Institute for Health ResearchHealth Services and Delivery Research ProgrammeAward winner: Jill ManthorpeInstitution: Kingâs College LondonValue: ÂŁ348,729Service provision for older people...

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