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Congratulations to us on our fine RAE results, staff and, er, students
Degree ceremonies have become shameless branding exercises in which graduates are mere afterthoughts, laments Susan Bassnett
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Research intelligence - Breaking through the glass ceiling
A new initiative aims to tackle the 'leaky pipeline' for women in UK science, reports Nicola Davis
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High-profile titles lead the field in number of retractions
Analysis reveals higher rates of withdrawn research papers for top science journals. Paul Jump reports
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From where I sit - Big Mac education
Almost 20 per cent of students studying for British first degrees do not reside in the UK, but rather study at one of the country's 13 branch campuses or, more likely, via franchise arrangements:...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Campus round-up
University of LiverpoolAnger managementGetting angry at work may not usually be the route to a promotion, but research suggests that in one industry it is a vital part of getting the job done. The...
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The week in higher education
• Another year brought another improvement in the A-level pass rate, which reached 97.8 per cent, up from 97.6 per cent in 2010. Just as predictable was the flood of advice that followed on what...
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25 August 2011
Anarchy in the UK - With the collapse of the old fees regime, confusion reigns across the land
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Where is Physics Barbie?
We need role models that encourage girls to study science, says Athene Donald
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Leader: In a terrible state o' chassis
A United Kingdom? Not where tuition fees are concerned - and the divergent regimes are causing increasing strains
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Starkey's ignorance is hardly work of history
In David Starkey's regular appearances on BBC's Newsnight, Newsnight Review and Question Time, he is introduced as "the historian, David Starkey", just as Emily Maitlis introduced him on the...
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Sixty-five and out at King's
I am grateful to Times Higher Education for having published and the signatories for having written the letter criticising the determination of King's College London to force age-based retirement...
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The mile is no longer a mile (1 of 2)
I was disappointed to read Ann Mroz's uncritical support of the "four-minute mile" analogy for A-level standards offered by Neil Hopkins, principal of Peter Symonds College in Winchester (Leader, 18...