Asia University Rankings 2015 methodology
Although focused on a particular region, the Asia University Rankings employ the same criteria as the global gold standard for academic comparisons: the THE World University Rankings. The Times...
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Cambridge LEGO professor and research centre: price tag £4m
The University of Cambridge has plans to establish a “LEGO professorship of play in education, development and learning” alongside a research centre, with £4 million of donations from the LEGO...
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#distractinglysexy: Twitter responds to Sir Tim Hunt
Female scientists have joined others in responding to Nobel laureate’s comments about the “trouble with girls” in labs.
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Northern Ireland debates postgraduate loans
Additional support for part-time undergraduates also under consideration
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THE podcast: 11-17 June 2015 issue review
This week's issue discussed by the Times Higher Education team
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National Teaching Fellows of 2015 are named
Fifty-five people working in universities have been named as the latest winners of the sector’s top honour for teaching and learning
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Back universities to grow economy, says UUK
Universities UK has launched its fightback against the prospect of further funding cuts with the publication of a study highlighting the economic benefits of higher education
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Athena SWAN set to spread wings and head Down Under
As the gender equality charter mark prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary, it looks to partner with a local agency in Australia
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Student grants may become loans as BIS prepares to wield the axe
A former adviser to Vince Cable expects maintenance grants to disappear and a lower loan repayment threshold as department tackles £450m cut
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Long-distance relationships: challenges faced by internationalisation staff
Improving partnerships with overseas universities is seen as the biggest challenge facing internationalisation staff in European universities, according to research
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FutureLearn looks beyond the 1% to offerings of post-92s
UK Mooc platform adds new partners after admitting that using global rankings as a proxy for quality ‘hides a lot of detail’
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Grant income targets set at one in six universities, THE poll suggests
FoI request reveals which institutions have targets of some sort after the suicide last year of a professor at Imperial College London
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Half of universities have ‘made changes to degree algorithms’
Higher Education Academy report into quality assessment recommends creation of a task force to establish guidelines around the 2:1-2:2 borderline
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Laurie Taylor – 11 June 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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The week in higher education – 11 June 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press