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Let the right one in: hiring academic staff
Recruitment processes at UK universities need an overhaul if we are to hire the best people, argues Thomas Harrison
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Female Tommies: The Frontline Women of the First World War, by Elisabeth Shipton
Niamh Gallagher on the women who challenged the consensus of who could serve at the front
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Campus ‘slackers’ kicked into gear
Lecturer finds a way to make the ‘social loafers’ in class pull their weight in group assignments
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Demand for STEM subjects holds up in wake of fees hike
But Hefce sounds alarm over the slump in foreign language students
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University of Leeds lectures legal scholar over ‘political’ tweets
Experts question ‘draconian’ social media policies after university rebukes academic questioning Theresa May’s policies
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How not to run student loans
Scams, defaults, over-optimistic revenue projections: the UK must look to US lessons on student finance, writes Nick Hillman
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UCL accused of shirking moral duty to workers at Qatar campus
Union claims it has evidence of forced labour and exploitation at the Education City complex in Doha
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21 August 2014
Under pressure - International and postgraduate student fees survey 2014
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World in brief - 21 August 2014
United StatesThe perfect place for party animalsSyracuse University in New York is the top “party school” in the US, according to a survey of 130,000 students. The declaration is based on an annual...
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Grant winners - 21 August 2014
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Françoise TisseurInstitution: University of ManchesterNew approaches to...
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Martin Cohen, Jonathan Eaton, Judie Newman, A. W. Purdue and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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News in brief - 21 August 2014
Academic Ranking of World UniversitiesChina gains ground on WestChina’s universities are catching up with the West on research strength, but only slowly, according to the Academic Ranking of World...
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Appointments - 21 August 2014
The latest higher education appointments
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JoAnn Carmin, 1957-2014
One of the world’s leading environmental sociologists has died