Twitter victory for University of Reading with ‘jog on’ post
Positive public outreach is critical for universities to remain on the good side of public opinion, but the University of Reading has found that a little bit of sass can go a long way
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Government R&D spending down in Australia
Basic research bears the brunt of a general decline in spending
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The week in higher education – 5 July 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Career advice: how to survive your first exam board
Robert MacIntosh explains what to expect when staff enter the little-known world of the university exam board
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Should middle-ranking universities push for the top?
THE analysis provides food for thought on the best research strategy for institutions with ‘core strengths’
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Interview with Alan Cooper
The specialist in ancient DNA talks about caving, elephant birds and how tracking prehistoric genetic changes could help fix our dodgy hearts
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Timothy O’Meara, 1928-2018
Champion of the University of Notre Dame’s Catholic identity remembered
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What are you reading? – 5 July 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Can the West ride Chinese higher education tsunami?
There is no holding back the king tide that is the Asian country’s higher education ambition – yet while the torrent carries some riches, what will it sweep away?
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Laurie Taylor – 5 July 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Grade inflation or improved teaching?
The articles “Grades anatomy” and “Bubbles and bombast” suggest that grade inflation is a cause for concern. But over the past few years, universities have invested heavily in technology such as...
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Nursing know-how
We would like to respectfully disagree with comments made by Ann Bradshaw in “To degree or not to degree: that is NOT the question for UK nursing”. Earlier this year, the Nursing and Midwifery...
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Phantom deficit
While negotiations over the future of the Universities Superannuation Scheme continue, our research shows that the USS is more likely to be in surplus than in deficit. As pointed out by the Pensions...