Universities in Northern Ireland: ‘fix unsustainable funding’
Royal Irish Academy warns that low tuition fees and funding cuts pose a grave risk to province’s universities and wider economy
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Leicester Premier League win ‘likely to boost city’s universities’
International visibility for Leicester as a result of club’s success has already contributed to boost in overseas applications, says one vice-chancellor
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World’s most prestigious universities 2016
Asia increases its standing in this year's Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings
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Germany and Malaysia ‘top performers’ for internationalisation
Major British Council research judges 26 nations’ openness to international higher education
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Diversifying academic hiring helps minority students
Creating a diverse teaching staff at university provides ‘possibility models’ so students can feel their dreams are realistic
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Multidisciplinary research ‘career suicide’ for junior academics
However, director of the Oxford Martin School says 'disciplinary silos' were one factor contributing to 2008 financial crisis
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Quebec to set university leaders’ salaries
Province will submit proposals in ‘coming weeks’ in a bid to avoid sudden wage increases
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This (un)certain life
Academic precarity is a special kind of ‘torture’, observes Siobhan O'Dwyer, but scholarly life is not all doom and gloom
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Princeton academic's 'failure CV' sparks debate on success
Johannes Haushofer lists failures in attempt to 'balance the record' on how he climbed the greasy pole of academia
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Peer review under the microscope in new journal
Research Integrity and Peer Review will look at every stage of the scientific process, and could even change its own review system depending on what it finds
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Why are sandwich courses seeing a resurgence?
Carolyn Wickware reports on how the degree model has regained its popularity in recent years
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Industry-backed research: beware of dangers, says DCU president
Gearing research too far towards industry goals can lead to short-termist approach, warns Brian MacCraith
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Leadership research in HE is ‘theoretically weak’
Literature on leadership development needs much improvement considering the sector’s importance to the UK economy, says report