The week in higher education – 2 June 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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University financial health check 2016
Which universities have dealt best with uncapped student numbers and uncertainty over international income? John Morgan reports
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Laurie Taylor – 2 June 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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White Paper proposals on new providers go too far, too fast
Allowing challenger providers to spend a mere three years on probation risks harming the reputation of UK higher education, warns Bill Rammell
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UK Research and Innovation: ‘nine brains in one body’
John Kingman, chair of the newly created UKRI, explains the governing philosophy of the research and innovation funding organisation
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Using statistics can improve clinical trials and outcomes
More use of data would mean better treatments and fewer tears, says Dimitris Bertsimas, who learned the lesson at first hand
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A REF change that would lose telling details
Nobody likes bureaucracy, but detail can matter. In the case of the research excellence framework, the process of choosing and submitting individual units of research for assessment is complex and...
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Homer’s DNA
Ian Goldin, quoted in the article “Multidisciplinary research ‘career suicide’ for junior academics” (News, 3 May), seems to view top journals as highly specialised. I know that Science and Nature...
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Open for debate
I wish to address five misconceptions in Ron Iphofen’s feature “Safety is more important than privacy” (28 April): 1. Human rights concerns hobble anti-terrorist surveillanceThere is no evidence that...
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Grain of salt needed
Re “NSS manipulation claims ‘raise questions’ about data reliability” (News, 26 May). There is simply bad teaching in universities; I have found that myself and have reported the misuse of statistics...
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Vodka ironic, please
Craig Brandist (“The risks of Soviet-style managerialism in UK universities”, Opinion, 5 May) highlights the striking similarity between Soviet industrial management and the current administration of...
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Grant winners – 2 June 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Higher education: we need to talk about market exit
Plans for handling institutional failure face scrutiny as storm clouds gather and universities stockpile for a rainy day