A line in the sand
Teesside University recently announced that all professors who are not in management roles will have to reapply for their jobs (“University tells entire professoriate to reapply for their jobs”, News...
Teesside University recently announced that all professors who are not in management roles will have to reapply for their jobs (“University tells entire professoriate to reapply for their jobs”, News...
Scholars and senior sector figures reveal their favourite titles – read for work, for pleasure or both – published this year
Rosa Luxemburg's letters, godless Americans, womanist ways and an anthropologist among the undergraduates: must-read monographs
The Commission on Widening Access’ ambitious report looks to emulate and expand on Offa’s approach, says John Field
A Welsh town’s Boiz, Geeks and Emos are in urgent need of new scripts, finds John Field
Why do we let people get away with it? asks John Field
Scholars and senior sector figures reveal their favourites – read for work, for pleasure, or both – of the titles published this year
John Field has proposed that Scottish academics should accept voluntary pay freezes to "help shore up the sector's finances" ("Seeking volunteers: scholars urged to take pay freeze to aid Scottish...
Academics in Scotland should accept a voluntary pay freeze to help shore up the sector’s finances and prevent a decline in course quality, a scholar has argued.
THE LEVERHULME TRUST• Award winner: Arwen Deuss• Institution: University of Cambridge• Value: £70,000Geography and seismology• Award winner: Daniel Lunt• Institution: University of Bristol• Value: £...
But the Government is accused of hypocrisy as universities cut adult learning courses. Hannah Fearn reports
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHThe NIHR's Health Technology Assessment programme produces independent research information on the effectiveness, costs and broader impact of healthcare...
PhD students will be able to obtain doctorates without completing the traditional 80,000-word dissertation in what is claimed to be a pioneering initiative by Stirling University. Stirling said this...
- Jerry Jarvis, managing director of exam board Edexcel, warned in The Guardian on 17 April that up to 40,000 students could be saddled with "worthless" vocational diplomas. He claimed that teachers...
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