Theories of Everything, by Frank Close
Each scientific law is a layer of knowledge – with limits – and we’re still peeling, says Marcus Chown
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Right to remain in UK ‘jeopardised’ by researching abroad
US academic highlights risks for internationally mobile foreign scholars looking to settle in UK
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UK public ‘wants overseas student numbers to stay same or rise’
UUK poll ahead of key Commons vote finds only 26 per cent see students ‘as immigrants’
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Universities can do more to support PhD students’ mental health
Supervisors should be trained to spot the first sign of a problem, says Chris Havergal
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Universities urged to tackle PhD mental health crisis
Institutions told they have a ‘culture of excluding postgraduates’ in wake of damning study
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Will you really hit the stars in the great REF in the sky?
It's not just about papers. Running a university in Papua New Guinea has cast academic impact in a more exotic light for John Warren
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Is the decline of general knowledge a failure of educators?
A haberdasher who has never heard of a handkerchief is indicative of a whole world catching a cold, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Down and Out in the New Economy: How People Find (or Don’t Find) Work Today, by Ilana Gershon
Job hunting? Like it or loathe it, LinkedIn is key and emotional labour is mandatory, says Philip Roscoe
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How big data is helping to close the student retention gap
Data, and the increasingly sophisticated way it is martialled, has enabled remarkable improvements in graduation rates and quality of education
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Books interview: Shlomo Sand
The author of 'Twilight of History' on growing up with tales of the Wild West, learning how to do history and deconstructing Jewish and Israeli mythologies
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Home truths about the Home Office
What should have been a straightforward application for leave to remain in the UK turned into a Kafkaesque nightmare for University of St Andrews’ lecturer Emily Michelson, whose research trip to...
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Hungary’s targeting of the Central European University is shameful
The American-Hungarian institution proves that learning through diversity is not an impossible dream, says Marvin Lazerson
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Grant winners – 13 April 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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How do universities use big data?
From personalising tuition to performance management, the use of data is increasingly driving how institutions operate