Laurie Taylor – 11 January 2018
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What are you reading? – 11 January 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The OfS is off to an inauspicious start to its term
The Office for Students came into being on 1 January with a mere press release, without even a website. Does this bode well for its organisational performance? Sir Michael Barber, its chairman,...
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Points for polish
The feature “All present and correct?” (30 November 2017), about who deserves authorship credit, seems very one-sided; it does not consider how senior scholars might not be recognised (although I...
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Market shocks
If it were not so sad, it would be amusing to learn that one of the principal designers of the current market regime for English universities appears to be surprised at the report that there is an...
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Open combat
Alex Holcombe and Björn Brembs argue that if German institutions win their open-access battle with Elsevier, they will have lost the larger war (“Open access in Germany: the best DEAL is no deal”,...
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Reshuffle ‘paves way for bold review of English HE funding’
Sam Gyimah and Damian Hinds will remove obstacles to major review and keep universities in the media spotlight, say experts
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Anthony Seldon: why I changed my mind about Toby Young
Sir Anthony Seldon explains why he was pleased to see Toby Young resign from the Office for Students, despite initially applauding the appointment
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Higher Education Academy chief executive to step down
Stephanie Marshall announces departure ahead of three-way merger
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Union proposes increase in contributions to plug USS deficit
UCU plan would maintain defined benefit scheme, but has been branded ‘unaffordable’ by universities
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Study finds more evidence of state school ‘advantage’ in degrees
Academic ability of comprehensive school students ‘not always realised’ until university, researchers suggest
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Legacy draws Australian universities back to Western civilisation
Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, funded by £1.7 billion bequest, to fund degree courses in several institutions
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Research-focused universities take the lead in Chile
Change in balance between teaching and research-focused universities is an indicator of progress, say analysts
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A hard act to follow: my take on Jo Johnson's time as HE minister
Nick Hillman reflects on Jo Johnson's eventful two-and-a-half years as minister for universities and science