Japan Inc, your country’s academy needs you
Institutions must resist the state’s ‘efficiency’ drive while relying less on its funding. Big business could help, argues Kevin Rafferty
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Support Turkish academics
We are gravely concerned that academics in Turkey are facing a campaign against them, which has been initiated by the Turkish president, for signing a petition. The petition demanded an end to state...
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Variable conclusions
Your article “‘Biased’ students give BME academics lower NSS scores, says study” (News, 21 January) cited a University of Reading analysis of National Student Survey data that purported to show that...
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Hunters and hunted
The rise in exploitative publishing practices must be countered not only by the open-access movement but also by everyone involved in research publication. However, there are a few aspects of the...
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World knowledge
Uwe Brandenburg is right to say that internationalisation is not “an end in itself” and its outcomes have to be measured (“Internationalisation is not an end itself”, 15 January). In the decades...
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It’s 2016, and no time to rest on our laurels
In praise of ambition: no university, however esteemed, has an automatic right to reach the 22nd century, argues Edward Byrne
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Knowledge is tricky to define – and even harder to measure
The world is impatient for the academy’s social benefits, writes Lisa Anderson, but its core mission remains a slow-flowering one
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Deserts begin to bloom
States across the Middle East and North Africa have invested heavily in the sector and we all have an interest in the returns
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One in four university entrants has a BTEC, Ucas study finds
Admissions service says institutions should do more to accommodate growing numbers of students from a vocational background
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Jo Johnson: Brexit would damage UK science
Comments by universities minister could signal a split in opinion in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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Post-colonial studies: time to step out of the comfort zone?
Scholars in the field have been challenged to move beyond literary theory and take on some of the most difficult questions of our times