Eternal invigilation: my rise to power in exam-hall hell
Unexpectedly in charge of a room of students fretting over the colour of answer booklets, Emma Rees ponders the potential price in dog lives
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The invention of tradition: how ‘researchers’ replaced teachers
Early issues of the journal Studies in Higher Education show how greatly academics’ view of what they do has changed, says Bruce Macfarlane
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Curtain to rise on Fidel the Musical
Southampton scholar seeks collaborators for her project on the former Cuban leader
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Without warning: the truth about deadline aches and pains
Study of 2,000 university students finds procrastination raises risk for engaging in academic misconduct
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News in brief – 25 June 2015
UK higher education round-up and highlights from the Twittersphere
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Students must fit in or be fixed, warns scholar
Roehampton professor urges universities to examine policies and practices that are making difference invisible
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Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham – 25 June 2015
Comic conclusions on the world of doctoral study
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Warwick leads Russell Group in use of atypical contracts
More than half of staff at university that tried to launch TeachHigher are employed on such deals
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Chasing big bang for bucks might be poor use of cash
It might be wiser for research funders to make more smaller grants than to pursue policy of giving out fewer but larger awards
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Dismissal was unfair, but academic sparked it himself
Refusal by John Allen to obey instruction from manager at Queen Mary University of London led to his sacking, tribunal rules
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Scottish governance bill emphasises ‘accountability’
Universities raise concerns over ‘lessening autonomy’ as government sets out requirements for higher education governing bodies
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British Academy: quality of UK’s quantitative skills ‘languishing’
Report says students in countries such as the US and Germany have an advantage because their curricula develop more statistical fluency
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Overseas students considered hardest workers, survey finds
Respondents to Hepi poll were generally positive about the contribution of international undergraduates and lecturers to UK universities
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Academics from BME backgrounds squeezed out at the top
A graph shows acutely how the representation of black and minority ethnic scholars drops away with the increasing seniority of academic posts