Academics are keen defenders of the student interest
Dorothy Bishop wishes people would stop reinforcing the idea that universities are places of privilege where the staff sit idly around thinking ‘great thoughts’
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Campus estate upgrades ‘at risk from Brexit borrowing squeeze’
Infrastructure plans at English universities may be derailed by credit downgrade and loss of access to European Investment Bank, says regulator
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Brits in America: a world of experience
Bonnie reflects on some of the opportunities she has had from networking with Barnard alumni in her latest blog from New York
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Post-Weinstein, a discussion of professional ethics in drama education is badly needed
The teaching of ethics in drama overlooks how theatre-makers should be treated, and how they should treat one another, while doing their jobs, says Daniel Foster
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Prioritise students or face more regulation, says ex-Ucas head
Mary Curnock Cook says universities are paying the price ‘for not demonstrably shifting their priorities from research’
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Lecturer calls for universities to tackle abuse in the theatre
UEA expert dismisses the idea that rehearsal-room romances can serve artistic ends
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Manchester medic named next Queen’s University Belfast v-c
Ian Greer succeeds the late Patrick Johnston at Russell Group institution
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World Economic Forum 2018: special report from Davos
Video and podcast coverage of the 2018 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum
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Bolton v-c felt ‘uncomfortable’ attending Presidents Club dinner
University says George Holmes was ‘shocked’ by treatment of women at all-male event but did not witness any ‘assaults’
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THE podcast: 25-31 January 2018 issue review
Your weekly digest rounding up some of the top higher education stories
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Michigan State president resigns in wake of Nassar abuse scandal
Lou Anna Simon steps down just hours after gymnastics physician was sentenced for sexually abusing young athletes
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Interview with Cherie Blair
The leading lawyer and wife of the former British prime minister on why she applied to the LSE over Oxbridge, tuition fees and the importance of international students
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Susan Tamny Jones, 1945-2017
Tributes paid to fundraiser who transformed the fortunes of the University of Miami
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Career advice: how to run a university marketing campaign
The brains behind some of higher education’s most successful public relations drives share the secrets of their trade
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Degree algorithms create ‘artificial differences’ in final grades
Different rules used to calculate honours classifications could leave a university with double the proportion of first-class degree holders than another institution