Can dressing down harm your career?
Dress to impress if you want students in your corner, claims US study
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Female managers in initial teacher training 'struggle' to survive
Research shows female ITT leaders having to 'reinvent' themselves to survive in a more marketised landscape
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Why do students study so far from home?
Nick Hillman examines the endurance of the boarding school model of higher education
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Celebrity speakers: putting money where their mouths are
In the US, the cost of paying for expensive commencement speeches is diverting funds from where they’re most needed, says Howard Segal
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Body and soul: the Globe’s John Ford Experiment
A rare staging of the dramatist’s work pushes to the fore seldom-seen plays that reveal the tensions at the heart of his oeuvre, says Lisa Hopkins
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Funding fears as mental health demand soars
Hefce study shows 132 per cent rise in number of students reporting a mental health problem
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THE Scholarly Web – 23 July 2015
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UK public funding on R&D holds up despite austerity
Plunging MoD research spend compensated for over past decade by rising research council budget
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Hefce to ask for data on outcomes of access and attainment schemes
Lack of evidence is ‘increasingly untenable’ with TEF gaining traction, says funding council
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Zero-hour numbers still unclear despite year-long study
Unions and universities divided over extent of ‘casualisation’ despite major joint initiative
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Elite’s building spree hides capital spending crisis
New report highlights fears that UK could lose out to international competitors
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Laurie Taylor – 23 July 2015
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A simplified recipe for Bologna
The reforms have caused rigidity and bloat. Stefan Kühl thinks a boiled-down approach is needed
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University autonomy: not the only principle we should defend
Self-governance is a must for the sector, but we must use it to engage with wider society’s concerns, argues Matthew Andrews