Interview with Deborah McAndrew
The new chancellor of Leeds Trinity University talks about playing a student on Coronation Street, coping with grief and why regional accents are still frowned upon by directors of Shakespeare
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Christine Floss, 1961-2018
Tributes paid to physicist whose research on moon rocks illuminated our understanding of the solar system
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Will handing curriculum design to industry solve the skills gap?
Cutting academics out of module creation poses risks, but it is a model that will be watched closely, says Chris Havergal
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The week in higher education – 31 May 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Public trust ‘key’ to Irish universities’ funding battle
Head of Higher Education Authority acknowledges ‘political appetite’ for organisation to take on stronger regulatory responsibilities
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Automatic job applications could help gender balance, says study
Gender gap at professorial level is largely down to fewer women applying, so default application system could be a solution, researcher suggests
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THE Young University Rankings 2018 methodology
With more data from more institutions, our 2018 Young University Rankings explore the growing higher education sector. Here we explain the methodology that underpins the tables
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Flawed student survey does not reflect reality
We at the National Union of Students are aware of the faults in the recent Migration Advisory Committee survey of students that resulted in it being halted (“Withdrawal of ‘flawed’ international...
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Unhappy families
Like the Chinese scientist who was denied a UK visa for her baby (“Anger over visa rules as scholar forced to quit Oxford”, News, 17 May), my husband, a senior lecturer at Bournemouth University,...
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Health hazard
The sad news of a spate of student suicides in the UK has recently made national headlines. As someone who has taught in universities for most of my life, I believe that these deaths could be a...
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Appointments – 31 May 2018
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Society’s immune system against extremism is failing
Moral and cultural organisations such as universities must strive harder to rid the body politic of populist infection, in central Europe and elsewhere, says Tomáš Halík
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India’s Institutes of Eminence initiative is off to a less than eminent start
The initial botched attempt to draw up a shortlist of institutions eligible for extra funding does not augur well, writes Pushkar
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Running to stand still on the academic treadmill? Pursue happiness instead
Focusing on values and priorities while learning from failures is the key to maintaining scholarly well-being, say Alexander Clark and Bailey Sousa