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Apt formal formula
While I share Karen Harris’ concerns abut the formulaic pattern of the essay and its one-size-fits-all framework, I strongly disagree with the implication that the essay structure is “potentially...
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Spare change
I found the 10 steps to PhD failure article a bit bemusing (Features, 27 August). It did not start off well for me as No 1 proudly stated that “[staying] at the same university” is a route to failure...
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Why so negative?
In the survey referred to in “Modern languages REF results ‘skewed’ by subpanel merger” (News, 27 August), respondents were asked, “Was the change of panel structure a benefit?” To this, 22...
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The UK has lessons to learn from Germany
Emulating Germany’s funding model would not be easy, but English critics tend to overlook its strengths, says Howard Hotson
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In perspective: 50 years of university teaching
As he retires, Alan Ryan reflects on how higher education has changed and asks if the sector’s expansion has been a success
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Grant winners – 10 September 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Laurie Taylor – 10 September 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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THE podcast: 10-16 September 2015 issue review
This week's issue discussed by the Times Higher Education team
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TEF, REF, QR, deregulation: thoughts on Jo Johnson’s HE talk
Martin Paul Eve considers the implications of the universities and science minister’s address at the Universities UK conference
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Jo Johnson: research funding should be ‘simpler’
‘We don’t need Nobel physicists running car parks. We want the scientists focused on science,’ says universities minister
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Academics to protest at conference to ‘Stop the Arms’
‘Conference at the Gates’ confronts the buyers and sellers of arms
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10 habits for a successful postdoc
10 must-dos for postdocs identified by Catherine L Drennan, professor of chemistry and biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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News blog: what it is like to study in a Chinese university
Having attended classes in Shanghai for a year, David Matthews returns a little more sceptical about education in the country