World insight: the future of Chinese student mobility
Marguerite Dennis explains how university student recruiters should plan for enrolling Chinese students
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TEF data: so what can we count on?
Scrutiny of datasets informing the teaching excellence framework will ramp up, and rightly so, given the high stakes and risk of misuse
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Interview with Vernon Hill
We talk to the US banking mogul about entrepreneurialism, carving a niche in British banking and contrarianism
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Leonie Kramer, 1924-2016
High-profile literary critic once described as “Australia’s most distinguished woman” was the first female chancellor of the University of Sydney
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NSS manipulation claims ‘raise questions’ about data reliability
Allegations of ‘inappropriate influence’ emerge on survey that will be key TEF metric
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Canadian cooperative education entices Silicon Valley
David Matthews reports from Canada on a model that gives students up to two years in work placements
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FutureLearn launches first Moocs offering academic credits
Leeds and OU programmes signal significant change in online platform’s pricing structure
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The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy, by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber
Book of the week: Academics need to hit the brakes and work to change the system they’re in, says Emma Rees
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Coping with illness: sound minds, unsound bodies
Being sick threatens employability, legacy and self-image. Two recent victims of stroke and cancer tell their tales
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Tuition fees 'force students to pick degrees by salary prospects'
Canadian academic argues people should get access to free higher education in return for their contribution to society
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What are you reading? – 26 May 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Disraeli: The Novel Politician, by David Cesarani
Fresh perspectives on a 19th-century Tory leader can be gleaned from his fiction, finds A.W. Purdue
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Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing, by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum
New technology has changed how we approach the act of writing, finds John Gilbey