UEL scraps overseas examinations venture
Institution’s annus horribilis continues as news emerges of another major loss
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Swansea’s tough REF plans provoke disquiet
Staff complain over ‘arbitrary’ yardstick and teaching-only threat
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Nancy Rothwell on switching to a new field of research
Moving to a different sphere of study can be a fruitful - and liberating - experience
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Seamus Heaney: great poet, inspirational teacher
David Gewanter recalls the time he spent studying under the late poet
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Research councils claw back millions for late reporting
FoI request shows huge variations within RCUK over the extent of sanctions
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Is your university reading your emails?
The policies and realities of monitoring correspondence may vary, but the ethical implications are always significant
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Realpolitik: A Fulbright fellow in Astana
How did David Mould end up teaching journalism in Kazakhstan’s frozen capital? He was a political pawn, he says
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Blue-chip firms favour graduates whose faces fit
Old boy network still plays vital role in securing top posts, research shows
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UCU homes in on widespread use of zero-hours deals
Union uncovers extent of casualised contracts in sector
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Failure analysis
The philosopher and educational reformer John Dewey argued in 1933 that “failure is not mere failure. It is instructive.” But 80 years later, we still don’t know a lot about why things fail in higher...
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Academics don’t need to write the courses they teach
Harvard Business School’s teaching model offers consistency but also allows unscripted ‘discovery’, explain Michel Anteby and Caitlin Anderson
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So How’s the Family? and Other Essays, by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Stina Lyon on the personal and emotional costs of a global marketplace where everything’s for sale
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5 September 2013
Scenic routes - The research diversions that lead academics down new career paths
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The week in higher education
Universities are always trying to show that they provide a unique “student experience”. When students pay up to £730 a month for a room without a view save for a brick wall, mission accomplished. A...
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Leader - Zero-sum game
The growth in zero-hours contracts threatens the reputation of our universities and the morale of their staff