A great responsibility
Few in academia will have celebrated Brexit鈥檚 first anniversary but the unpredictable year since the vote has shown the power of a united voice
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TEF: tales of mismeasures and sour grapes
Edward Peck, the vice-chancellor of Nottingham Trent University, argues 鈥淒on鈥檛 attack the TEF, embrace it鈥 (Opinion, 23 June). Such a view makes me despair. The teaching excellence framework does not...
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Hallway supervisors
Re your story on the University of Northampton鈥檚 new campus, 鈥淗ot-desking appears on horizon as Waterside project nears completion鈥 (News, 22 June). I remember being without a designated office space...
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Unhealthy diversion
I have a great deal of sympathy with the views of Philip Chan about the diversion of funds from teaching student doctors to research (鈥淢edical education is a聽rich patient at risk of being bled dry鈥,...
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External ends
Some time ago, I wrote lamenting the demise of the external examiner on undergraduate degree programmes. We have just had the exam board meeting for final-year students, and what a dirge this has...
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Universities 鈥榝ailing to prepare graduates for UK film industry鈥
Generic courses may not be equipping students with much-needed skills, says British Film Institute
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Elsevier victory over Sci-Hub 鈥榮hows research is corporate asset鈥
Stanford professor says $15 million lawsuit victory will not engender sympathy for publishing giant
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色盒直播 Awards 2017: entry deadline extended
UK universities now have until 2 July to submit their entries
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Proposals for EU citizens鈥 post-Brexit rights worry universities
Sector figures say government proposals fail to guarantee future for academics based in the UK
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Female academics 鈥榠nterrupted more in interviews than men鈥
Treatment of engineering scholars seen as sign of hostile 鈥榩rove it again鈥 attitude
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Traumatic histories: the ethics of research in conflict zones
Academics investigating militarism and war must explore their own assumptions as well as those of their societies, event hears
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Smits: fund 鈥榙isruptive innovators鈥 to create Europe鈥檚 Uber
Director-general of research and innovation at the European Commission says university research funding would not be affected