Mutual respect and teamwork are vital
As an academic and a potential “have-a-go marketer”, I was intrigued and challenged by the article “Have-a-go marketers need to show respect for professional staff” (Opinion, 29 June) about the need...
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Priced out
Those researching the catastrophic decline in the sale of academic books in arts and humanities publishing (“Worst sellers: warning of existential crisis for academic books”, News, 22 June) should...
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A damaging move
The rector of the University of Milan has proposed to move to Rho, an area outside Milan that hosted Expo 2015, several scientific departments that are now established in “Città Studi”. In this, he...
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When is the right time for academics to retire?
To remain carefully balanced ecosystems where experience and youth combine, should universities impose a sell-by date on academics?
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Grant winners – 6 July 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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#HEAconf17: are graduates really pulling up the ladder?
Calls among graduates to limit student numbers are not selfish, but may instead reflect concern about the value of university education, say Duncan Watson and Robert Webb
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#HEAconf17: Can comedy improve university teaching?
Gill Seyfang - who is presenting at the Higher Education Academy's annual conference - explains how improv comedy in lectures can inspire students
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Nicola Dandridge to be CEO of England’s Office for Students
Experienced sector figure to leave UUK post in September for powerful new regulator
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Appointments – 6 July 2017
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The TEF: a raven trying to fly underwater?
It is imperative that the government stop repeating the mistakes of the past when it comes to teaching assessment, says Roger Brown
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Humanities and social sciences ‘undervalued’ by assessment metrics
Call for rankings to give more weight to societal impact
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TEF 2017: Social class and the TEF: a full picture of participation?
A look at the split metrics suggests that some universities may have benefited from having a more advantaged student cohort
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Marking exams? When it comes to workload, less can mean more
Academics who take regular breaks from assessment will get more done than those who toil away for 10 hours straight, study says