MEP backs European careers framework to tackle research precarity
Webinar hears that postdocs are being 鈥榙eprofessionalised鈥 and encouraged to聽win grants on behalf of principal investigators
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Five tips for starting an academic career in times of crisis
Due to the聽2008 global financial crisis, a long shadow loomed over me and my cohort. Over the medium term, though, most of us made it, says Lucas Lixinski
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Another journal rejection? Put on your helmet
Knock-backs are frequent and unavoidable. But treating referees鈥 comments with a hard-headed pragmatism lessens the sting, says Adrian Furnham
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Australian international education 鈥榠n doldrums until 2023鈥
Industry operatives鈥 worst fears could cost universities thousands of staff and country tens of billions of dollars
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Love Lives: From Cinderella to Frozen, by Carol Dyhouse
Emma Rees enjoys a vivid if familiar exploration of changing attitudes to romance
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International postgraduate enrolment in US universities plummets
Concern tempered by applications and deferrals suggesting post-Covid recovery
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Just imagine the possibilities
Academia jettisoned decades of orthodoxy about how to teach and research overnight when the pandemic hit. What鈥檚 stopping it making other transformations?
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Mariana Mazzucato: 鈥業 was sick of just being told: 鈥淵ou make me happy鈥濃
After her first book,聽The Entrepreneurial State, catapulted her into the academic stratosphere, the UCL economist has paused her audiences with senior politicians to write a follow-up that uses the...
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Online learning not a green panacea, researchers warn
Estimate of emissions generated by staff and students during lockdown virtually the same as campus commuting聽
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Interview with Neil Brand
The BBC presenter and composer explains why students need music more than ever and how his drama school training influences his music
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Alexander Forrester, 1935-2021
Tributes paid to a pioneer in the commercialisation of academic research notable for his 鈥榝erocious work ethic鈥
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EU applications to UK universities plummet by 40聽per cent
Despite drop in interest from European Union, overall applications to UK universities by January deadline聽rose this year
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The shift online gives new significance to the pen v laptop debate
My聽research inspired laptop bans in classrooms around the world, but we need nuance in our thinking about using technology, says Danny Oppenheimer
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US universities want Biden to strike new funding pact with states
While president eyes fees-based relief for students, campuses emphasise need to revive聽traditional means of support
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India鈥檚 Amity 鈥榦pen to talks鈥 on 鈥榯akeover鈥 of English university
Foreign investment or buyout聽touted as potential route out of financial woe for institutions, while others see 鈥榤ulti-university groups鈥 as more viable