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The ‘Presidential Platitude’ and the ‘Forty-Minute Conference Paper’ are among German historian Philipp Stelzel’s concoctions
The ‘Presidential Platitude’ and the ‘Forty-Minute Conference Paper’ are among German historian Philipp Stelzel’s concoctions
As precarity affects ever more academics for ever longer, many have come to see a permanent position as the gateway to professional happiness. But does it always work out that way? Or do the...
Emissions from an entire online conference similar to amount produced by a single hour-long car journey, study finds
Much has changed since Tony Blair declared his priorities to be ‘education, education, education’. Could better communications help restore relations?
Alliances with university colleagues can be inspiring and life-affirming but may also be grounded in little more than ambition or survival instinct. Six writers reflect on the joys and challenges of...
Your definitive guide to using social and creative media as an academic
Five years on from Cambridge University Press’ controversial compliance with a Chinese government request to make more than 300 articles unavailable to Chinese readers, publishers are increasingly...
Helping students learn is core to universities’ missions, but the buzz phrase ‘student success’ has come to designate something more. Exactly what, though, remains contested, and its pursuit has...
Higher education needs to ‘find the right balance’ between online and in-person learning, says Sydney professor, after confronting empty lecture hall for the second time
Unions and management should strike ‘grand bargain’ to resolve issue that ‘casts a shadow’ over the sector, says outgoing leader
The UK’s ‘rock star historian’ Peter Frankopan talks to Matthew Reisz about his ambitious follow-up to his Silk Roads chronicle and the perils of being seen as a modern-day sage
The regulations can be ambiguous, but the masturbation paper furore is a result of supervisors’ and reviewers’ lack of vigilance, says Michelle Shipworth
As social media becomes an increasing presence in scholarly life, Mark Carrigan looks at how to mitigate its negatives
Those focused on dissecting pop culture face hostility from politicians, the media and fellow academics, but their work remains vital, ‘Kylie scholar’ Liz Giuffre tells Rosa Ellis
The ‘teenage’ regulator has a toxic relationship with universities owing to its uncompromising approach and its alleged unwillingness to listen – except to Conservative ministers. But should vice-...