You're better than that
I was interested to read about Astrid Wissenburg's move to The Open University ("Now she'll work by her own rules", Research, 29 November). However, I was intrigued by her description of the...
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Odds and quads
These are among the items in The Cabinet of Things used by Falmouth University's Academy for Innovation and Research as tools for stimulating creativity, particularly during "sandpit" problem-solving...
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Appointments
University of HuddersfieldJohn PlayleThe new dean of human and health sciences at the University of Huddersfield joked that you can break yourself into the role by playing "the new person for the...
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V-cs, get set to do the maths (and prepare the begging bowl)
As UCL’s new provost is announced, Steven Schwartz considers the challenges facing the sector’s leaders over the next 12 months
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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A Christmas message from your Vice-Chancellor and President
A very merry Yuletide to each and every one of you from myself and my personal assistant, Mrs Dilworth.This is that special time of year when we look back to the last special time of year and find...
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Leader: Few tidings of comfort and joy
The bells may be ringing out for Christmas Day, but for the sector they signal alarm after a year of unprecedented upheaval
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Futurelearn picks league table stars for debut line-up
Traditional values for OU-led Mooc platform that aims to rival US providers. Chris Parr reports
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Seek, locate, repatriate! 'Dalek' home secretary's visa stance angers v-c
Theresa May, the home secretary, has been accused by a vice-chancellor of acting “like a Dalek” and of “casting a dark cloud over British higher education” in her refusal to change course on student...
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Merry Christmas (world is over)
Eschatology knocks and hysteria grows as true believers see fate in the diary. Chris Parr reports
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Business school sheds staff and courses as visa rules bite
More than 150 posts to go as London Met is forced to tighten its belt. David Matthews reports
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'Fake but well-written' reviews fool publisher
Eleven journal papers have been retracted after it was discovered that they were accepted on the basis of fake reviews.
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Journals nail colours to the mast in revolt over RCUK open-access policy
History publications press funders to rethink ‘gold’ licence and ‘green’ embargo. Paul Jump writes
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Professors look in the mirror - not all like what they see
Jack Grove reports from the SRHE annual conference on efforts to clarify an ‘unclearly defined’ role
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Part-timers don't get support they need or credit they deserve
Part-time teachers are not getting the support they require from university departments, despite their growing importance within the academy.