PhD thesis: writing it up (and the art of procrastination)
Mike Smith reveals six of the most useful pieces of advice he has been able to give his PhD students over the years
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Universities’ focus on careers ‘fails to address global division’
Head of NYU Abu Dhabi says that undergraduates must be taught skills to create ‘a world of common understanding’
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India’s foreign student recruitment ‘abysmally low’
Country’s universities losing out on revenue, diversity and global outlook, AIU report warns
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Universities must sell the benefits of globalisation
Peter Mathieson is a big believer in the merits of globalisation, and wants universities to instil this belief in their students
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International student figures: dawn rises on a dark world of falsehoods
The battle is not over for universities, but this week’s figures on international students are vindication for an embattled HE sector, says Sir Keith Burnett
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Rudd ‘deserves credit’ for bid to secure overseas student shift
MAC commission seen as attempt to secure more open stance, enabled by exit of PM’s former adviser
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Review finds 'no evidence' of student overstaying problem in UK
New analysis of border check data suggest vast majority of international students leave country or stay legally after finishing courses
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Singapore’s fling with global stars sidelines local talent
Singaporeans are starting to question the benefit of recruiting so much global research talent, say Pang Eng Fong and Linda Lim
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The week in higher education – 24 August 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Bath governance under scrutiny on senior pay
Remuneration committee member formerly led construction company that won £64 million in contracts from university
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UK government commissions ‘detailed study’ on overseas students
Announcement comes as new exit check data expected to show low numbers of student ‘overstayers’
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DfE approves UK university sales, but regulator’s advice kept secret
Ministers back University of Law, Arden sales to Netherlands-registered GUS, as BPP decision awaited
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The Classical Debt: Greek Antiquity in an Era of Austerity, by Johanna Hanink
Do ancient cultural ideas drive the insistence that Greece pay all its bills in full? asks Emma Gee
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Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane, by James Delbourgo
James Stevens Curl on a tome that emphasises the physician/naturalist’s role in transforming cabinets of curiosities into major institutions of the Enlightenment