America's tenure track derails
'Tipping point' reached as job security all but collapses for US scholars. Sarah Cunnane writes
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Representative bodiesWestwood bound for GuildHEA former government adviser has been appointed the next chief executive of GuildHE. Andy Westwood is to succeed Alice Hynes next month. He is the former...
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The Week in Higher Education
The president of Universities UK resorted to post-watershed language when discussing the Browne review of higher education fees and funding. "I don't believe this bullshit that there are a small...
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UK losing its allure...and ground to rivals
OECD figures offer unsettling news - even before the coalition swings the axe. Simon Baker writes
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No-brainer: top British scientists may flee funding famine for feasts abroad
A leading British neuroscientist tempted to leave the UK by superior investment in science overseas believes it is "inevitable" that others will follow suit if public funding for research in the UK...
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Angles, free us from Satin's yolk
US scholars respond to UK exam howlers with some egregious examples of their own. John Gill reports
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Peer reviewers swamped, so extras get the heave-ho
Science journal moves to tackle 'exponential' rise in authors' supplemental material. Paul Jump writes
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UCU bides its time over national strike action
Higher education's biggest union has withdrawn its threat to ballot for national strike action over pay and job security "for the present".The University and College Union's higher education...
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'Frankenstein' assessment is out of control
The research assessment process has become a Frankenstein's monster that must be constantly managed in order to minimise its negative effects.The warning was made at a symposium at the British...
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Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose (sadly)
Scholar's vision of academy's future takes aim at 'archaic' inequalities. Rebecca Attwood writes
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50 jobs to be cut in UWE staff restructuring
More than 100 senior academics at the University of the West of England have been asked to apply for a new set of posts as part of a streamlining of the institution's structure.A "majority" of...
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Teaching comes first, says US author
Pedagogy should focus on principles first and technology second. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Fundraisers recommended to tap Eastern promises of financial aid
Philanthropic Arabs want to support global higher education. Hannah Fearn reports
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Odds and quads
Many cultures have created aeolian instruments - bells, strings and pipes - which produce sounds using the power of passing winds.These Chinese aeolian flutes, made of bamboo or wood, were light...
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You want to go to the library at 3am? Britain's the place
A quarter of UK universities offer round-the-clock opening for flexible study. Matthew Reisz reports