Laurie Taylor – 19 April 2018
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Horrocks was not behind all of OU’s problems
It takes me a little effort to write in justification of Peter Horrocks, who has resigned as vice-chancellor of the Open University, having criticised him in the past. But there are two things to say...
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Careful, claimants
While the result of the University and College Union pensions ballot was awaited, the Office for Students published on its website “Guidance for students affected by recent industrial action in...
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Entitlement culture
The article “An inflated sense of self overshadows Gen Z’s work ethic” (Opinion, 29 March) cites the study “Her majesty the student: marketised higher education and the narcissistic (dis)...
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Publisher’s fiat
The news article “Journal board resigns in protest at editor’s dismissal” (2 March) highlighted the mass resignations at Building Research & Information because of the publisher’s arbitrary...
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A confusing domain
“ResearchGate still infringing copyright, publishers say” (News, 11 April) misuses the term “public domain”, making it sound as if whatever is freely accessible on the internet is “public domain”. “...
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Appointments – 19 April 2018
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Interview with Elena Rodriguez-Falcon
The inaugural provost of Hereford’s new engineering university on moving from Mexico’s industrial heartland to the UK’s Steel City and life as a gay woman in a male-dominated profession
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Ian Hampton, 1936-2018
Antarctic scientist who studied survival in cold environments remembered
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Germany’s Excellence Initiative has not yet created meaningful differentiation
Ten years into the programme, German universities remain focused on traditional markers of success, say Andreas Knie and Dagmar Simon
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New age of regulation must not forget the lessons of the past
The Office for Students’ arrival marks a new era of higher education regulation but it can also learn much from its predecessor's successes, argues Tim Melville-Ross