In Belgium, the beer is warmer than the academy
Belgian academia looks enticing and accommodating to UK postgraduates, but Kate Macdonald found that it was for locals only
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Reading lecturers rebel over ‘erosion of academic freedom’ in new contracts
UCU members vote two to one against terms that they fear may leave them liable to summary dismissal
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Unlocking the secrets of being a better writer
Understanding the reading brain can help academics and students improve, says Yellowlees Douglas
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Why we need new measures of student well-being
We should pay attention to undergraduates’ physical and mental health, finances, ambitions and expectations, argue David Bell, Marina Della Giusta and Antonia Fernandez
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World’s university ‘oligopoly’ accused of blocking OECD bid to judge learning quality
Ahelo academic and funder blame research elite for thwarting international graduate tests, but criticisms also levelled at multimillion-dollar ‘failure’
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The week in higher education – 6 August 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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Instant results: a brainstorming success story
Andrew Palmer on using the thinktank approach to solve problems that conventional research could take years to answer
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A dangerous downgrade: undervaluing the arts
What price will we pay for taking the humanities for granted? asks Christopher Bigsby
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Bakkhai by Euripides, in a new version by Anne Carson
A witty version of the Greek tragedy confronts our desire to watch the unwatchable as it diverts our focus from binaries to transitioning, says Liz Schafer
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Staying for the next course
Participation up among students who had free school meals
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Valuing research rectitude
Peer review may not spot fraud – so universities need to be vigilant in tackling any wrongdoing among their staff
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Don’t shut down Heythrop College
We are writing to express our concern at the news that Heythrop College, a college of the University of London that specialises in philosophy and theology, is to close (“Heythrop College to end in ‘...