Language laziness
Re “Why teaching in English may not be such a good idea” (Opinion, 22 November). Teaching in English in a non-English-speaking country is about two things: attracting high--spending international...
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Dandridge’s myopia
In your news article “In mission to protect students, OfS will be ‘tough and rational’” (News, 16 November), you report Nicola Dandridge, the incoming chief executive of the Office for Students, as...
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Unbridled spirits
In his review of Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London, by Angus McLaren (Books, 23 November), Clive Bloom writes that “…the Mayfair men finally atoned for...
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Labs, lies and lit
Reviewing the book From Madman to Crime Fighter: The Scientist in Western Culture, by Roslynn D. Haynes (Books, 23 November), Richard Joyner praises The New Men by C. P. Snow (1954). In the current...
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The value in our universities cannot be found in vice-chancellor salaries
As Dame Glynis Breakwell announces her resignation from Bath, James Treadwell urges scholars to celebrate the real value in our universities
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Industrial strategy: how does UK perform on areas targeted?
Research areas that will receive special attention include artificial intelligence and the life sciences, but are they the right fields to focus on?
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Denmark fines foreign academics for outside work
Police crack down on academics for delivering external lectures and supervising exams and PhDs at other universities, saying it breaks work permit rules
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Interest in study abroad declining among UK students
Just 18 per cent of undergraduates said they were interested in studying overseas
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Zimbabwean scholars hope for academic freedom and new leaders
First priority should be to repeal Grace Mugabe’s PhD, says lecturer
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Care leavers ‘much more likely’ to drop out of university
But proportion of care leavers entering higher education is double previous estimate, according to first comprehensive study on issue
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Under-fire Bath v-c Glynis Breakwell announces retirement
UK’s highest-paid university leader faces further criticism for terms of her departure