Performance management is performance mismanagement
Research will suffer from the collapse of professional development into financially fixated assessments of ‘capability’, say Gill Evans and Dorothy Bishop
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Writing recommendation letters is a courtesy, not an obligation
If academics object to students’ intended destinations, they have a right not to write, says David Palumbo-Liu
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University campuses and buildings must remain public places
Restricting access to university property is a sorry symptom of commercialisation that is making students poorer, laments Les Back
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Group think: scholars assess the state of sociology
Sociology, once a discipline seen as the embodiment of social progress, is now subject to frequent scepticism over its methodology, politics and career relevance. Here, five sociologists offer their...
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Birkbeck mulls withdrawing from domestic league tables
University says its mission and nature of its students ‘make it difficult to climb much above 90’ in UK rankings
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 honours enzyme research
Frances Arnold, George Smith and Gregory Winter share prize for development of proteins used in new medical treatments
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Free college plans enter US Democratic mainstream
More Democrat candidates than ever running on some kind of free college plan, but there are splits within party
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Video: universities, governments and industries partnering for economic growth
A panel of leading industry, government and university representatives discuss the challenges they face when fostering collaborative research systems
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World University Rankings 2019 by subject: dates announced
Times Higher Education will publish league tables for 11 different subject areas in October and November
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International postgraduate enrolment slips in US
‘Current policy climate’ may be a ‘contributing factor’, says Council of Graduate Schools
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German Catholic abuse study raises questions over church control
German academics have uncovered thousands of suspected abusers in a landmark project. But should they have had a freer hand?
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Elite ‘club’ predicted to dominate UK-EU research post-Brexit
Russell Group institutions dominate tie-ups announced since vote to leave bloc