Interview with Miranda Kaufmann
The author and black history researcher speaks on the importance of passing historical knowledge on to the next generation, and reveals her competitive sporting nature
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Howard Petch, 1925-2018
Former president of University of Victoria remembered
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Open University issues warning over £30 million deficit
Call for England’s Augar review to take action over fate of part-time education, as Birkbeck starts losing money too
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Limit teaching days to help commuter students, says report
Hepi study also suggests number of classes requiring peak-time travel might have to be minimised
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English targets aim to erase ‘entry gap’ between rich and poor
Universities told to reduce gap in entry rates between most and least disadvantaged applicants by almost half by 2024-25 and eliminate it altogether by the end of the subsequent decade
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Exeter v-c’s ‘extraordinary’ bonuses worth almost £400K
Latest remuneration figures bring prospect of more criticism for UK universities
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The week in higher education – 13 December 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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UK universities accepting more students with low grades
Latest Ucas figures likely to fuel criticism of system
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Career advice: who should lead on mentoring for female academics?
As a new report reveals dissatisfaction with mentorship for female researchers, Jack Grove asks where responsibility lies
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International students will not ‘Choose France’ until quality improves
High-cost meritocracy à la française will cut little ice with discerning international students, says Juliette Torabian
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Two cheers for the pub test of academic research
Academics should not sneer at Simon Birmingham’s appeal to what ‘most Australians’ would think about projects, says Hannah Forsyth
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Academic standards are worth fighting for
It is inexcusable that some people graduate from UK universities without a basic command of mathematics or grammar, says John Warren
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Public health needs an injection of genuine impact
Tokenistic and irrelevant assessments of research’s social value are holding back progress, say Clarence Tam and three others
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AHRC head warns of ‘challenge’ of replacing EU funding schemes
Andrew Thompson warns suitable plug for UK research funding gaps post-Brexit could take years to deliver