Social scientists ‘seen as less competent’ by science academics
Survey of earth scientists suggests exposing scientists to social science earlier might help interdisciplinary working
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Working class ‘increasingly excluded’ from German academia
Since the 1970s, an increasingly competitive job market has come to advantage the already privileged
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Open access appears to mirror better cross-border working
Data on open access trends since 2000 show some countries embracing model have also boosted collaboration
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The rise of unsustainable, unconditional offers helps no one
Universities must take the lead on resolving the blight that unconditional offers place on the higher education sector, says Mike Nicholson
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Video: seven ways to redefine talent according to university and industry leaders
How can universities and industry improve the talent pipeline to meet 21st-century economic and social needs?
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Birmingham forms Irish partnership as Brexit approaches
Vice-chancellor says collaboration with Trinity College Dublin will give institution ‘options and opportunities’
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Work with me to deliver Brexit, minister tells researchers
Chris Skidmore’s remarks may be greeted with scepticism by academics
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Universities keep quiet as students protest Ontario funding cuts
While students protest hit on affordability, colleges shrug and grow foreign enrolment
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Remains of Flinders University’s namesake rediscovered
Archaeological find means tragic explorer will no longer ‘rest unnoticed’
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Immigration rule changes ‘undermine higher education in US’
Tally of administration policy shifts shows insidious and calculated strategy posing long-term academic harm, conference hears
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Regulator warns against unconditional offer ‘pressure selling’
Office for Students expresses concern that offers ‘with strings attached’ may limit students’ opportunities, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds
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University leaders hit out at firms’ ‘dangerous’ skills obsession
Vice-chancellors turn on businesses for not doing enough to educate and retrain their workforce
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Letters – 24 January 2019
Journals’ digital life assured as print phased out Journals’ digital life assured as print phased out PNAS is to be congratulated for its recent decision to cease printing its journal (“Out of paper...
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Fourth Degree by Laurie Taylor – 24 January 2019
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Official zero-hours figures unlikely to stem ‘casualisation’ row
First statistics from Hesa on extent of zero-hours contracts show 3 per cent of ‘typical’ workforce have them, but figure is far higher for ‘atypical’ staff