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I do not see why we are highlighting the negatives of peer review, unless the editors of Times Higher Education have already decided that they oppose the current peer review system (鈥淥n the receiving...
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Useful samples of work
Paul Redmond鈥檚 article on the rise of work experience will come as no surprise to the many staff working to support students who are taking work experience as part of their university course (鈥淩ise...
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And the awards go to...
It is of interest that the per capita number of Nobel prizewinnners by country provides another view than that shown by Ellie Bothwell鈥檚 report, which is based on overall numbers (鈥淪tanford top of...
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Style isn鈥檛 everything
Yellowlees Douglas鈥 plea for a 鈥渟cientific鈥 approach to teaching writing skills is understandably a plug for her new book, which may be very good (鈥淯nlocking the black box鈥, Opinion, 6 August)....
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We need Ucas to be open
We read with frustration Andrew Grice鈥檚 recent article in The Independent on Ucas鈥 refusal to release student data. Higher Education Access Tracker is a collaboration of more than 40 English...
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Teaching standardisation
Reservations about the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development鈥檚 attempts to measure what students learn at different universities around the world have to come from two directions (鈥...
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Live by the metric鈥
Peter B. Baker uses an Isaac Asimov short story to illustrate the absurdity of being able to predict student success based on analysing their first week on the course (鈥淚, graduate鈥, Letters, 6...
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 13 August 2015
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Patricia Crone, 1945-2015
A scholar who transformed our understanding of early Islam has died
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Retail platform gives Southampton Solent fashion students an enterprising outlet
Lecturer who masterminded student-run commercial operation Re:So shortlisted for enterprise education award
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Q&A with Hugh Hunt
We talk to the University of Cambridge academic who brings engineering to life
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Is the UK getting better at philanthropy?
Incoming vice-president of international operations at Case says that UK fundraisers are 鈥榳ildly talented鈥 but that the talent pool is 鈥榮till very small鈥
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African collaboration helps future leaders master public policy
Twelve universities across the continent are offering course aimed at next generation of development professionals