Imaginations: University of Essex’s sociological half-century
Eminent sociologist Ken Plummer captures 50 tales of a groundbreaking department
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Partnership agreements ‘infantilise’ students, colloquium hears
University of West London conference on the work of Roger Brown hears of the drawbacks of higher education marketisation
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Swap lecture hall for a beach sometimes, says academic
Edinburgh Napier finds that student-led teaching and unconventional classroom settings can boost satisfaction and outcomes
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£9K doesn’t cut it: fees may need to go up, says Tory MP
Revised system is close to exceeding cost of its predecessor, Tory policy adviser Margot James tells event at party conference
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Altmetrics: what’s not to like?
1:AM forum on altmetrics weighs pros and cons of tracking research impact via blogs, ‘likes’ and social media traffic
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The rules of Twitter engagement
Christopher Davidson, who has 120,000 Twitter followers, on how to use social media as an academic
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Grant winners - 2 October 2014
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: Robert CernikInstitution: University of ManchesterValue: £247,737Using diffracted X-rays to form images with chemical and structural...
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World University Rankings 2014-2015 results
Latest results suggest that underfunded Western institutions outside the elite are struggling
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John D. Brewer, Jonathan Eaton, Kate D. Griffiths-Dingani, E. Stina Lyon and Peter J. Smith...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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How I Stopped Being a Jew, by Shlomo Sand
Lynne Segal on an Israeli scholar’s persuasive arguments against his country’s myths of identity
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Collaborate and listen
The World University Rankings are competitive, of course, but they also promote the partnerships vital to a vibrant global academy, says Phil Baty
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Tectonic shifts point to Asia taking on the mantle
The World University Rankings 2014-2015 continue the trends of US decline and Asian ascent, writes Phil Baty
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Time will tell: bigger picture reveals underlying movement
A snapshot view of four years of change
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BRICs, mortar boards and mixed fortunes
The large developing nations are making patchy progress in the rankings: will Putin’s ambitions be realised? Phil Baty reports
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Hybrid vigour: the sum is greater than the parts
Source: Alamy Competition and collaboration; home and abroad; public and private. Put them together and what have you got? The future, argues Alice Gast. Research and education are global pursuits...