On freedom, mission and origin stories
The House of Lords is struggling to define what makes a university within the context of the Higher Education and Research Bill (鈥淩efining our terms鈥, Leader, 19 January). In the US, 鈥渢he defining...
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Falling from favour
Re Marguerite Dennis鈥 blog post 鈥淒windling US international student numbers? Don鈥檛 blame Trump!鈥 (19 January, www.timeshighereducation.com). The most significant factor that has caused the US to lose...
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Let's be frank
I never thought I鈥檇 be agreeing with him, but when Donald Trump said that 鈥減olitical correctness鈥as transformed our institutions of higher education from ones that fostered spirited debate to a...
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Both sides now
You report on the AllSides Dictionary, an online effort to provide a balanced definition of 400 controversial terms, revealing how they are perceived differently by people with different political...
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 26 January 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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Grant winners 鈥 26 January 2017
A round-up of聽academics awarded research council funding
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TEF to limit use of 鈥榝lawed鈥 NSS scores
Chair voices concerns over student satisfaction data as Cambridge鈥檚 students鈥 union joins NSS boycott
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Women in STEM 鈥榤ore likely to burn out鈥
Universities need to open up communication channels to help retain women in science, says study
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UK HE 鈥榮hould push for sector-specific鈥 Brexit deal
UUK accused of failing to emulate sectors 鈥榝rom farming to finance鈥 in seeking special deal
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Nicola Sturgeon praises Scottish universities鈥 internationalism
First minister speaks at launch of Universities Scotland's global higher education campaign
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Lords cut through TEF 鈥榥onsense鈥
Gill Evans laments the financial cases universities make for entering the teaching excellence framework
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Industrial strategy: stop polarising 鈥榲ocational鈥 and 鈥榓cademic鈥 students
As UK prime minister Theresa May launches her new industrial strategy, Sir聽Keith聽Burnett reflects on how education needs to change if the UK is to succeed聽