Research funders urged to act on short-term contracts
Staff covering for academics on leave are often given no time to conduct research themselves
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Offshore students ‘no substitute for UK-based learners’
Analysis shows that UK’s income from higher education taught overseas is a small part of £13 billion export industry
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Video: how can India improve its higher education system?
Indu Shahani speaks to Times Higher Education at the 2017 THE Innovation & Impact Summit
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Students are still afraid to report sexual assault
Many students aren’t reporting sexual harassment or assault on campus despite efforts to tackle the problem, say Hareem Ghani and Graham Towl
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Jisc Futures: what will research look like in 2035?
Joanna Dally and Frances Downey imagine the research culture of the future
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Alistair Jarvis named as Universities UK chief executive
Former deputy steps up to lead as Brexit and funding challenges loom
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Quarter of arts PhDs ‘neglect career development’
Many UK doctoral students view professional development as a ‘distraction’ or a ‘waste of time’, says study
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Can rising entry standards explain the rise in firsts?
Data on the entry qualifications of students at UK universities suggest that there must be more to the growth in top degrees
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‘Worst ever’ research papers revealed
Neurobiologist questions whether academia has reached ‘peak sting’ in its battle with predatory journals
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Anxiety over future careers hits French PhD students’ well-being
More than half of doctoral candidates surveyed at one university reported “abnormal” levels of stress and depression
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Student aims to expand the sign language of science
Dundee life sciences undergraduate frustrated by lack of signs for many essential terms
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Prevent is no threat to free speech on campus
Prevent monitoring and defeat of legal challenge shows that anti-extremism policy is not limiting academic freedom, says Hifsa Harron-Iqbal
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Degree apprenticeships are a ray of light in a gloomy sector
Expanding degree apprenticeships will strengthen universities’ important role in improving their local communities, says Dawn Morley