New Year Honours 2017: leading scientists recognised in list
Appointees in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List include the researchers behind DNA fingerprinting and the most effective therapy for malaria
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Hillsborough researcher turns down OBE
Phil Scraton says he “could not receive an honour on the recommendation of those who remained unresponsive” to campaigns for justice
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Wendy Piatt to step down as head of Russell Group
Announcement comes after Dr Piatt cleared by internal review of wrongdoing in relation to use of travel and expenses
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Graphic novels on campus
Matthew Reisz on when the worlds of higher education and graphic novels collide
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Fake news: the solution is education, not regulation
More developed critical literacy skills can tackle fake news, say Philip Seargeant and Caroline Tagg
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Public more likely to ignore experts if science is too easy: study
Reading popular science articles causes non-scientists to overrate their expertise, research finds
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Change the way we run universities to unlock women’s talent
Vijaya Nath on what might be preventing women from climbing the HE career ladder
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Egypt ‘poised for future of world education competition’
Education adviser to president says ‘lifetime affiliation’ to universities could be model for future learning
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Academics who publish frequently ‘have more highly cited articles’
Analysis casts doubt on fears that ‘publish or perish’ culture undermines quality
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World insight: building a study abroad programme that works
Trisha Craig on the changing face of study abroad programmes
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Professor imprisoned in Iran: academic freedom ‘not a Western import’
Homa Hoodfar urges scholars to see academic freedom as a ‘history of struggle everywhere’
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Alumni philanthropy gap between UK and US ‘narrowing’
Study shows that a quarter of UK alumni under 30 have donated to their university
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UK has mountain to climb to emulate Swiss-EU crisis resolution
John Morgan on how the EU used research programmes as a weapon to enforce free movement
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The sexbots are coming
Scholars reflect on ethics and mechanics of a possible ‘sex tech’ future
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Without context, looking at graduate earnings by university is pointless
The value added by a university matters more than how much its graduates earn, says Bahram Bekhradnia