TEF ahead: universities give way
On 26 January, the University of Warwick, like other English universities, put in its teaching excellence framework submission. It was with mixed feelings 鈥 mixed because, although we agree with the...
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To bury Caesar
Steve Fuller argues in his feature 鈥淓t tu, academe?鈥 (26 January) the case for 鈥渁cademic Caesars鈥, leaders who can make the radical decisions necessary to ensure that universities can survive...
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Honest mistakes
One thing that the feature on confessing research mistakes (鈥淭o err is human; to admit it, trying鈥 (26 January)) does not get into is journals鈥 review processes. A journal stakes its reputation on...
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On-the-job-trials
Re 鈥淭heresa May to seek new 鈥榗redible alternative鈥 to universities鈥 (23 January, www.timeshighereducation.com). The new technical courses look suitably redesigned and the reformed apprenticeships...
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Like it or not, our world is a global one
Top universities recognise that groundbreaking ideas don鈥檛 all develop and stay in one country, and neither do those who create and study them
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EU student applications to UK down 7% after Brexit vote
Ucas January deadline figures show 5% fall across all students
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Rethink the influence of Confucius Institutes, suggests study
Paper concludes that 鈥榗ontrary to popular thinking, Confucius Institutes have not had a positive impact on China鈥檚 global interests鈥
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Mobile students have 鈥榟igher levels of self-efficacy鈥
Study finds that students with greater self-belief are less likely to view new cultures as a 鈥榯hreatening challenge鈥
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Angus Deaton: US universities 鈥榙angerously isolated from society鈥
Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton on why he signed an anti-Trump petition, and why universities are partly to blame for Trump鈥檚 rise
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Antipsychiatry scholarship provokes academic freedom debate
The University of Toronto鈥檚 scholarship raises questions about the extent to which academic freedom is appropriate
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Bett 2017: use technology to support student outcomes
Microsoft vice-president of worldwide education says technology can help universities鈥 mandate to aid students鈥 employability