What is the happiest academic career stage?
As precarity affects ever more academics for ever longer, many have come to see a permanent position as the gateway to professional happiness. But does it always work out that way? Or do the...
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London’s grip on English higher education policy must be broken
To better respond to regional need, England’s higher and further education sectors should be unified and devolved, says Michael Shattock
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21 July 2022 digital edition
Going swimmingly: What’s the happiest academic career stage?
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‘Ambiguity’ over UKRI role holding back progress, says review
‘Unclear’ status of main UK science funder has led to slow decision-making, inefficiency and limited cross-disciplinary research, finds report
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QAA gives up quality role in English system
Independent quality body steps back from providing assessments for OfS due to non-compliance with European standards
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Australian union leaders ‘paid too much’, say rival candidates
Clash over officials’ salaries occurs against a backdrop of resentment over union leadership’s pandemic tactics
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Reproducibility in psychology ‘hinges on author role in replication’
Successful replication efforts heavily tied to whether original research team allowed a role, finds study of contentious psychology field
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Overhaul NZ student support system, say students
Survey finds two-thirds of students go without ‘basics’ and renters pass 56 per cent of their meagre incomes to landlords
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Scholars ‘reprimanded by universities’ for criticising Indian government
Administrators are noting who is signing petitions critical of government or speaking out publicly, lecturers say
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For security staff, any help with student mental health is welcome
With UK academics no longer on call, the dispensing of assurance in the small hours has been left to guards, says George Bass
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Impact Rankings 2023: time to register
Universities can now register to participate in the next edition of our sustainability-focused league table
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Aria’s CEO and chair to be tech start-up investors
Ilan Gur and Matt Clifford will lead UK’s new ‘high risk, high reward’ scientific research agency
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Australia ‘back in the fold’ for foreign students
Agents report surge in appetite, suggesting students have short memories
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No extra money for Crick despite Johnson’s ‘billion pounds’ pledge
Long-term settlement for Francis Crick Institute announced by PM ‘maintains current levels of activity’
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Keep tabs on consultancy work to avoid ‘Uber-style controversies’
Clearer separation between peer-reviewed and corporate work would help protect academic integrity, expert says