New Zealand’s to-undo list is good politics but questionable policy
Appealing to students and their families made electoral sense for the Labour Party, but its promises have saddled it with a lot of low-value spending, says Roger Smyth
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Middle-aged academics are at greater suicide risk than students
In the wake of Malcolm Anderson’s death, universities need to wake up to the need to take better care of their senior lecturers, says Andrew Oswald
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Silence is a teaching goldmine
Abandoning her hyperactive approach to lecturing opened the way to creativity, introspection and compassion for Patricia Owen-Smith
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Universities’ risk aversion is hampering intellectual progress
Treating staff and students like children discourages the kind of experimentation that will yield solutions to the challenges we face, says Frank Furedi
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How to ensure democracy and move UCU ahead
Adam Ozanne recently wrote an opinion article titled “UCU congress: how not to turn victory into defeat” (17 June, www.timeshighereducation.com). Although we feel strongly that the issues he raised...
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Appointments – 28 June 2018
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THE Europe Teaching Rankings 2018: methodology
The Europe Teaching Rankings extend our portfolio of rankings focusing on student engagement. Here, we explain how we arrived at the results
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Student protests in Poland delay ‘authoritarian’ law
Biggest campus protests since 1989 have disrupted legislation that many fear will lead to more state control of universities
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2018: how SUTD has re-engineered its graduates
To equip students for the future, the Singapore University of Technology and Design redesigned its curricula from the ground up, Chong Tow Chong writes
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2018: students need digital immersion
As the jobs market transforms, universities must give students opportunities to learn-by-doing that mirror the new world of work, Sean Gallagher says
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2018: results announced
Analysis reveals Antipodean universities are falling behind East Asian rivals
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Staffing and salary autonomy urged in ‘French MIT’ merger
Jean-Lou Chameau pushes for formal merger of five grandes écoles
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Polling finds no evidence that UK students hostile to free speech
‘Essentially no difference’ for most part between views of students and general public, says YouGov
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The robot vice-chancellor, an argument for wisdom and compassion
While advancements in artificial intelligence could streamline the daily responsibilities of a university leader, we should leave the big decisions to a human being, says Vijaya Nath