IP 鈥榮urrendered鈥 at outset
Requiring students to grant rights over their intellectual property to a university has become usual since the 1990s when one or two higher education institutions began it, the University of Leeds...
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Solving the literacy puzzle
It is strange that the article 鈥淭he puzzle of UK graduates and their low-level literacy鈥 (News, 11 September) didn鈥檛 consider the issue of measurement performance indicators as themselves a possible...
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Hanging on your every word
Getting students to listen is the perennial problem of teaching, matched by the problem of getting them to read (鈥淵our attention please: we must learn to listen鈥, Features, 11 September).Today there...
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We will pay too high a price for independence
The results of your survey show that a majority of Scottish academics will vote 鈥渘o鈥 in the referendum on 18 September and that an even larger proportion believe that separation will be damaging for...
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Labour鈥檚 proposed 拢6K fees policy to be omitted from leader鈥檚 conference speech
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls wants to formulate funding before announcing policy
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Hepi warns of negative effects of removal of student number cap
鈥楻ushed鈥 policy took no notice of 鈥榩recedents at home or abroad鈥, says report
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Commercial backing means faster start for clinical trials
Smaller proportion of public and charity-funded research approved within target times
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Manchester Met chair of governors resigns over rejection of v-c appointment by board
Current vice-chancellor to stay on until June 2015
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Students鈥 last-minute submissions score lower, study finds
Universities have a duty to help procrastinators improve study habits, say researchers
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Grad Diary reveals graduate numeracy league table
鈥楤it of fun鈥 rankings grows out of practice tests on website for jobseekers
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More academic leaders from arts than science
Hefce data reveals 70 per cent of department heads from arts, humanities and social science disciplines
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Call to use Carnegie Classification in UK
US analysis of institution鈥檚 diverse missions can supplement 鈥榮implistic鈥 league tables focusing on research, says scholar
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Iran鈥檚 persecuted Baha鈥檌s are fighting for education
Iran鈥檚 attacks on institute serving the persecuted community are highlighted. Matthew聽Reisz writes
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Realistic expectations keep you on the path to a PhD
Isolation is part of the experience, but peer support groups and co-working can combat loneliness and quell students鈥 self-doubt
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Film shows fight for education by Iran鈥檚 Baha鈥檌s
To Light a Candle documentary spotlights work of underground Baha鈥檌 Institute for Higher Education in face of persecution