‘Failing’ institutions will not be fined
Proposal for financial penalties to maintain standards is rejected following sector-wide consultation
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N8 remains optimistic despite REF slide
The director of a partnership of research-intensive universities is upbeat about future outlook
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Getting down to business, Australian style, may be the only option
Association of University Administrators conference hears that too many UK institutions are ‘emulators, not leaders’ in disruptive times
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Degree withheld in Worcester fees dispute
University may apply to lift stay on small claims court pursuit of graduate determined not to pay for ‘inadequate’ tuition
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Campus close-up: Royal Holloway, University of London
A new doctoral centre will examine Magna Carta’s influence in the digital age
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Paris-Saclay: a mega-university with ambitions to match
Dominique Vernay, the institution’s president, talks to Jack Grove about why 19 French institutions are stronger as one
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Online research: the dangers
Academics face issues around privacy and identity in the digital world
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Varying degrees of academic freedom
Context and motive are key to concerns about limits on freedom within and without the academy
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What’s in a grade?
Students need to understand assessment criteria in order to spot weaknesses in their own work, says David Carless
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Brian Cantor: why I took the Bradford v-c job
The former leader of the University of York on how his new role’s focus on technology made the decision an easy one
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The art of wedding photography
Practitioners of the genre are undervalued in the selfie era, argues Sally Feldman
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Force Majeure, directed by Ruben Östlund
The repercussions of a man’s cowardice at a French ski resort entertain Duncan Wu in a most uncomfortable way
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Scientific Babel: The Language of Science from the Fall of Latin to the Rise of English, by Michael D. Gordin
Richard Joyner on the dwindling role of German and Russian in the communication of research
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Inventing Exoticism: Geography, Globalism and Europe’s Early Modern World, by Benjamin Schmidt
Robert Mayhew on how geographical texts of the early 18th century preferred an aesthetic of the ‘exotic’ over accuracy
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I, Superorganism: Learning to Love Your Inner Ecosystem, by Jon Turney
Helen Bynum on the exciting and vital ‘molecular chatter’ taking place in the human microbiome