We need a middle path to data democracy
There must be greater permeability between universities and tech giants if we want to protect data from corporate interests and use it for the public good
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Dissension within the rankings
All league tables are entertaining, although most are considerably more entertaining than enlightening. The attempt by Mark Smith and Nicola Owen to develop a combined teaching excellence framework...
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Body of evidence
As co-editors of Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body, we were surprised by Rachel Pain’s review (Books, 15 March). It contains a significant inaccuracy as well as...
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PhD points
The views in “Mandatory PhD policies lead to a boom in academics with doctorates” (News, 8 March) were illuminating but for the seeming dilution of the arts, marketing and nursing as subjects. The...
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‘No educational advantage’ from gruelling intern shifts
While supervisors say protracted shifts are a crucial part of medical education, new research finds no benefit
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Ex-minister sceptical of English higher education funding review
Lord Willetts warns mooted reforms of student finance system could backfire politically
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Time to end bias against academia’s female entrepreneurs
Female under-representation in spin-offs is likely to be attributable to the usual suspects: gender bias, lack of appropriate support and limited access to the right networks, says Simonetta Manfredi
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MPs call for early deal on UK-Europe science links post-Brexit
Research collaboration ‘should be as important to the government as security’ and should not be a ‘knock-on consequence of other negotiations’, says report
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University groups push for doubling of EU research budget
Increasing Framework Programme 9 backing to €160 billion (£139.7 billion) would create 650,000 jobs by 2030, says open letter
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Initiative secures Palestinians places at top universities
Teenagers have completed three-year programme of after-school tuition
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Humboldtian ideal: German university goes family-friendly
The world’s first research university offers to take care of those with caring responsibilities