Laurie Taylor 鈥 25 August 2016
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Erasmus is more than a bargaining chip
It is imperative that the UK commits to participating in the student exchange programme post-Brexit, says Tim Farron
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Standards fall when satisfaction is the name of the game
Treating students as consumers has precipitated a rush to the bottom to give them exactly what they want, says John Warren
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Supervisors can do a lot more to support PhD students
Many doctoral candidates feel poorly looked after. More awareness and empathy from academics can help fight that, says Geoffrey Cantor
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Forging links in business chain
Increased links between business and universities are an unalloyed good, and not only because they may help to fill a gap in government funding; the accumulation of knowledge should not remain within...
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Scholars in the lead
Thank you to the anonymous writer for raising the issue of useless headhunters (鈥淯seless management headhunters damage academic leadership鈥, Opinion, 18 August). In 2014, the executive recruiter...
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Old is the new new
It would be hard to tell from Martin McQuillan鈥檚 article that New Labour had lost two elections, had overseen a steady decline in membership, and had lost Scotland to the Scottish National Party (鈥...
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Share to learn
Interdisciplinary cooperation is one of the values that Bath Spa University prides itself on, so I was delighted to read Nick Jennings of Imperial College London advocating this approach (鈥淥verly...
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Grant winners 鈥 25 August 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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US conservatives鈥 distrust of science
These graphs show that as academics in the US have become more liberal since 1990, trust in science among conservative members of the public has declined (while liberals鈥 has held steady)
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A degree don鈥檛 come for free
While political pledges to scrap fees in the UK and US appeal to many, a debt-free approach will leave someone counting the cost
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Ethnic minority graduates鈥 employment prospects worsen 鈥 study
Black and Asian students fall further behind white classmates after leaving university