What are you reading? – 5 April 2018
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Laurie Taylor – 5 April 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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The borrowers: will universities’ debts pay off?
Universities on both sides of the Atlantic are building up big debts, but is it prudent to bet on student numbers growing and super-low interest rates and high fees enduring? David Matthews examines...
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Rise in firsts and 2:1s highest among those with lowest A levels
Data from one of last Hefce reports likely to throw down the gauntlet to new Office for Students on grade inflation
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Korean university warned of boycott over ‘killer robot’ fears
Leading academics fear research at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology could be used to develop autonomous armaments
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We need family-friendly PhDs for international students
Time constraints mean international PhD students caring for families can’t make contributions to research and their fields can’t benefit from their insights, Andrew Basden argues
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Under-pressure UCU leader urges members to accept pensions deal
Several University and College Union branches urge rejection of offer to set up expert panel
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Stop funding research that ignores sex and gender, says expert
Stanford's Londa Schiebinger warns that failure to account for differing impact of interventions on men and women is costing lives
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Attacks on Australian university admission ranking ‘misguided’
Leading expert says a non-academic enrolment mechanism would cause more problems than it solved
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Max Planck head: UK must have ‘will to develop Europe’
Martin Stratmann warns Britain against utilitarian approach to future EU research programmes
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Double warning on impact of overworking on academic mental health
Two new studies indicate young and female researchers are at high risk
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Public universities majority funded by tuition in most US states
Higher education finance report says states must redress balance of public university funding
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Female academics ‘face motherhood citation penalty’
But male researchers with small children get a boost, study of academics at Italian university finds
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First Australian v-c pay data reveal big increases
Average remuneration for university heads in Queensland in 2017 stands at twice the equivalent UK figure