Q&A with Daniella Tilbury
The well-travelled scholar boldly goes where no Gibraltarian has gone before
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Row over Nobel prizewinner’s ‘ill-judged’ remarks
Sir Tim Hunt’s comments about ‘girls’ in science provoke online storm
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Illuminating manuscripts for the digital age
A team at the Uppsala University Library is working to crack the code for digitising handwritten text
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Peer reviewers aren’t on the same page a third of time
Study led by Angela Dobele of RMIT finds there is no consensus on the value of a paper in 32 per cent of cases
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Students suffer as supervisors become superiors
A note left by a postgrad who killed himself because he felt ill-treated by his supervisor highlights a worrying trend, says Hong Bing
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Campuses urged to regard religion as a diversity issue
Sector called on to embrace faith-related concerns in intellectual debates
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Call to tackle lack of BME scholars in senior roles
Paper addresses ‘stark under-representation’ of black and minority ethnic staff in university senior management
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Ghanaian game-show winner now studying at Northumbria University
Contestant in African nation’s answer to The Apprentice wins MSc scholarship
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News in brief – 18 June 2015
UK higher education round-up and highlights from the Twittersphere
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Tips for doctoral examiners: it’s all in the preparation
There’s little help on offer for those making their first formal review of a PhD candidate and thesis, but Pam Denicolo has some useful pointers
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V&A does the hot shoe shuffle
While there is plenty to admire in the museum’s well-heeled spectacle, Shahidha Bari finds it strangely devoid of historical, social and cultural context
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Don’t dismiss today’s students as human-phone hybrids
Undergraduates are ready to be inspired by the right call, says Alex Valente
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The use of raw grant income as a performance target has got to go – now
This mendacious metric is dangerous for individuals and the sector, and bad news for the taxpayer, argues Philip Moriarty
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Can the research excellence framework run on metrics?
An Elsevier analysis explores the viability of a ‘smarter and cheaper’ model
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Grant winners – 18 June 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash