Interview with Daniel Beer
The award-winning historian talks about research in an Eastern Siberian prison, making sense of the world through stories and why Angela Merkel is admirable
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Santa scholarship: what is the most cited research on Christmas?
A trawl of published research shows that Santa Claus has an enduring fascination for academics
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UK-led research with EU funding drops sharply after Brexit vote
Fears that uncertainty over UK’s future in EU research framework has led to drop of half a billion euros in coordinated projects
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UK’s top-paid vice-chancellors earn more from sector pension fund
Sir David Eastwood earns £90,000 as USS chair, while Dame Glynis Breakwell gets £50,000
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The week in higher education – 21 December 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Australian v-cs are also on a sticky wicket over pay
Vice-chancellors’ salaries in Australia are the highest in the anglophone world, and are attracting sharp criticism, says Gavin Moodie
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If the Russell Group is the Premier League, why is there no relegation?
An annual scrap for survival in English universities’ elite grouping could make for compelling TV viewing, suggests James TooleyÂ
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We need more from Santa than just project funding
Without QR funding, the UK research base would be like a Lego set with only one type of brick, write Sarah Chaytor and Graeme Reid
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Rage against the academic publishing machine does not have to be futile
Minimum compliance with publication requirements is the best recipe for job satisfaction, says Mike Marinetto
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For higher education, 2017 brought never a dull day
The past year has seemed one of almost daily shocks and surprises for higher education, which É«ºÐÖ±²¥ has divulged, documented and dissected
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Academics at Christmas: are you ‘holly jolly’ or bah, humbug?
Seven scholars from around the world give us their festive reflections on snakes, bad lobster and turkeys’ backsides
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Letters – 21 December 2017
Should outside directors sit on pay panels? The Committee of University Chairs is now apparently to publish draft guidance on university pay ( “No say on pay panel for you, revised code to tell 
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