Growth in applications to UK universities slows
The most selective institutions fare best as student number controls lifted
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News blog: How will the National Living Wage affect universities?
George Osborne's plan for a minimum £9 an hour will not affect vast majority of university staff, but there will be cost implications for institutions, says Jack Grove
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University of Warwick commits to fossil fuel divestment
Campaigners say suitable fossil-free investment funds should be available within a year
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THE podcast: 9-15 July 2015 issue review
This week's issue discussed by the Times Higher Education team
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The female voyeur in film
Davina Quinlivan reflects on how female voyeurs in film contrast with ‘impotent’ peeping Toms by being portrayed as empowered and vengeful
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Summer reads 2015
Academics, administrators and senior sector figures on two holiday tomes: a new must-read and a classic to revisit
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Metrics: how to handle them responsibly
Amid concerns about the growing use – and abuse – of quantitative measures in universities, a major new review examines the role of metrics in the assessment of research, from the REF to performance...
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Medieval dread: student deviance and devilry
Even centuries ago, student misconduct and violence vexed townspeople and authorities. The behaviour, says one scholar, highlights negative stereotypes and socio-political tensions
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Carol Clark, 1940-2015
A scholar and translator who broke through glass ceilings at Oxford has died
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Q&A with Howard Covington
We speak to the chair of the Alan Turing Institute
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Tell us about your paper – and make it short and tweet
A medical journal now requires submissions to be accompanied by a Twitter-length summary
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Campus close-up: University of Brighton
Troops to Teachers programme allows veterans to turn swords into whiteboards
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The academy’s super troupers
A study of European research output reveals the prolificacy of an elite group of scholars. Chris Havergal discovers their characteristics
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Caribbean v-c’s democratic vision at home and abroad
Sir Hilary Beckles tells Ellie Bothwell about his plans for the University of the West Indies’ future
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World in brief – 9 July 2015
Higher education news from around the globe