Zombie academic on the march
Undead professor deployed as critique of managerialism and teaching evaluation at a UK conference
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Ucas mature student report shows ‘one size doesn’t fit all’
Mature students more likely to study vocational courses, are mostly women and more likely to live at home, analysis finds
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UKRI counts tax cost after charity status ‘blunder’
New government body for research predicts cost of £15 million per year if tax problem not resolved
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Australia gives cold shoulder to Chinese PhD students, report suggests
Visa data, contradicted by Home Affairs figures, raise questions over treatment of Chinese doctoral applicants
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Nicholas Dirks on reimagining the university
In a world transformed, we need a radical new blueprint – for a flexible, less centralised network of scholars and students, says a former Berkeley chancellor
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Twitter victory for University of Reading with ‘jog on’ post
Positive public outreach is critical for universities to remain on the good side of public opinion, but the University of Reading has found that a little bit of sass can go a long way
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Government R&D spending down in Australia
Basic research bears the brunt of a general decline in spending
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The week in higher education – 5 July 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Career advice: how to survive your first exam board
Robert MacIntosh explains what to expect when staff enter the little-known world of the university exam board
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Should middle-ranking universities push for the top?
THE analysis provides food for thought on the best research strategy for institutions with ‘core strengths’
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Interview with Alan Cooper
The specialist in ancient DNA talks about caving, elephant birds and how tracking prehistoric genetic changes could help fix our dodgy hearts
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Timothy O’Meara, 1928-2018
Champion of the University of Notre Dame’s Catholic identity remembered
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What are you reading? – 5 July 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Can the West ride Chinese higher education tsunami?
There is no holding back the king tide that is the Asian country’s higher education ambition – yet while the torrent carries some riches, what will it sweep away?