Death of the university greatly exaggerated, says Michael Crow
At 色盒直播 World Academic Summit, academics and entrepreneurs debate impact of technology on teaching
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New guidelines to police 鈥榃ild West鈥 of antibody research
Validating antibodies used in experiments could 鈥榝ree up billions of research dollars鈥, head of standards institute says
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 29 September 2016
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Academic double standards: freedom for lecturers, compliance for students
Bruce Macfarlane on the hypocrisy of academics who help to monitor students in ways they themselves never were
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鈥楪etting things done鈥: it鈥檚 overrated
Scholarship is about valuing things that can鈥檛 be counted and shouldn鈥檛 be rushed, says Adam Benjamin Smith
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Stuck in clearing limbo
After one exam mark scuppered his daughter鈥檚 university plans, Hans van Mourik Broekman joined those calling for admissions reform
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In the shadow of Erdogan
I was very interested to read your article about Turkish academics seeking asylum in the West and I thank you for it (鈥淭urkey鈥檚 purge of academia leads to record asylum requests鈥, News, 16 September...
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The social good
The decision by senior managers at Queen鈥檚-University Belfast to close its single honours degree in sociology is an abdication of the university鈥檚 responsibility to offer students in Northern Ireland...
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Part-time troubles
I wonder if any other part-time lecturers have had my recent experience. Last May, I was delighted when a college of the University of London accepted my proposal to teach a third-year undergraduate...
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On the scrapheap
Lord Mandelson questions how the cost of scrapping tuition fees would be funded. 鈥淏y spending less on health or housing?鈥 he answers rhetorically (鈥淧eter Mandelson: Brexit an 鈥榓ct of self-harm鈥 that...
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Grant winners 鈥 29 September 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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When scandals hit science
The world judges in black and white and only strict adherence to principle can regain the public鈥檚 trust