From where I sit - Stockholm syndrome
I am an immigrant, again, and this time I don't speak the language. I am a well-paid immigrant, with a very good job and helpful colleagues. And I am taking language lessons, for free, courtesy of...
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The week in higher education
• Sally Hunt, the University and College Union's general secretary, has vowed to fight "fewer battles" while focusing on "members' priorities" after she was re-elected by a landslide. Ms Hunt...
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Transatlantic traffic
When it comes to the academy, influence flows both ways, argues Alan Ryan
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8 March 2012
Restricted diet - How the National Student Survey sacrifices brain food for ‘satisfaction’
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Leader: Exit the comfort zone
To truly satisfy students, the academy must push them to go for the burn intellectually, not mollycoddle them
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Odds and quads
John Gay's celebrated "ballad opera", The Beggar's Opera, was written in 1728. These striking wax figures - of Elsie French as Mrs Peachum and Violet Marquesita as Lucy Lockit - were created by...
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FE colleges win over half of lower fee student places
Anglia Ruskin University and London Metropolitan University are the biggest winners in the allocation of 20,000 “margin” student places for next year, but 155 further education colleges have grabbed...
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So long and thanks for all the restructuring
The head of the London College of Communication has resigned after several days of negotiations with senior managers over her future.
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Independents dominate in UCU election results
Independent candidates have triumphed in the University and College Union elections by snapping up almost three-quarters of the contested places on its national executive committee.
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Share of graduates in low-skilled work rises
More than one in three recent graduates are working in lower-skilled jobs compared with around one in four a decade ago, according to new data from the Office of National Statistics.
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Inside Higher Ed: Off limits
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Universities failing to consult students on access - NUS
Two-thirds of universities have failed to adequately consult students on their access agreements, the National Union of Students has claimed.
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'Name and shame' threat to universities over low pay
Two unions have threatened to use a new campaign to "name and shame" universities that fail to award all staff a "living wage".The National Union of Students and Unison said all employees in higher...