If the Russell Group is the Premier League, why is there no relegation?
An annual scrap for survival in English universities鈥 elite grouping could make for compelling TV viewing, suggests James Tooley聽
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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 色盒直播 has divulged, documented and dissected
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Academics at Christmas: are you 鈥榟olly jolly鈥 or bah, humbug?
Seven scholars from around the world give us their festive reflections on snakes, bad lobster and turkeys鈥 backsides
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Letters 鈥 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 The Committee of University Chairs is now apparently to publish draft guidance on university pay ( 鈥淣o say on pay panel for you, revised code to tell 鈥...
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 21 December 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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Should outside directors sit on pay panels?
The Committee of University Chairs is now apparently to publish draft guidance on university pay ( 鈥淣o say on pay panel for you, revised code to tell 鈥╨eaders鈥 , News, 14 December). That is not a new...
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Latent hostility
The immigration minister Brandon Lewis has declared 鈥淓U聽academics: we want you in the UK and you will not be asked to leave after Brexit鈥 (Opinion, 7 December), however I do not believe that we are...
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Soviet swine
I am amazed that according to John Davies and Alexander J. Kent in The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the聽World (Books, 7 December), Soviet agents would not have been able to read 鈥...
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Hope in our hearts
You do football manager David Moyes a disservice in claiming that the chances of any honours from Manchester universities are slim ( 鈥淭he week in higher education鈥 , News, 14 December). Scousers of...