Augar’s understanding of university finance is woefully lacking
Review chair’s comments on ‘discretionary’ funding raise disturbing questions, say Mark E. Smith, Sarah Randall-Paley and Andrew McConnell
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Is small still beautiful in the age of the mega-university?
Universities are rapidly expanding their student rolls, using their increased scale to invest, compete and insulate themselves against economic uncertainty. But at what cost, asks Ellie Bothwell
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Interview with Bernardine Evaristo
The 2019 Booker Prize nominee and Brunel University London professor on how disapproval of her parents’ interracial marriage and their ‘mixed-race kids’ spurred her to write
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The Media Education Manifesto, by David Buckingham
Book of the week: Suzanne Franks assesses the state – and future directions – of media studies
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Is the Haldane Principle obsolete?
Last year’s scandal over the ministerial vetoing of Australian research grants coincided with the centenary of the fabled principle that politicians should keep out of such decisions. But with...
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Haldane is science’s guardian angel
There is nothing devilish about government oversight of research, but the Haldane Principle checks more sulphurous instincts, says Paul Jump
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Universities must do all they can to help disabled students succeed
England’s new Disabled Students Commission will help eliminate the institutional missteps that can still blight disabled students’ experiences, says Chris Skidmore
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US university professor helps beat Trump on Twitter blocking
Despite win, academic acknowledges critics of tactic of rapid-fire attacks on president
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What are you reading? – 4 July 2019
Our weekly glance over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Authoritarian shift undermines China’s science moonshot
Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country’s extraordinary scientific rise
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What is the point of a strategic plan?
Formulating and implementing a strategic plan is core to the modern university leader’s job description. But amid complaints that such documents are vacuous, generic and irrelevant to the wider...
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THE Awards Asia 2019: winners announced
National University of Singapore takes top accolade at inaugural ceremony
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Firm friends: the UK needs better university-industry links
Theresa May’s new industrial strategy will support universities’ R&D, but more partnerships with business – while never entirely risk-free – are needed
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Augar review: recommendations in full
Long-anticipated review of post-18 education and funding in England delivers 53 recommendations for government