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Literature reviews ‘poach attention’ from original research
- 18 May 2021
Future citations of a journal paper drop by more than a third after being included in a review
How decolonised is my curriculum? There’s an app for that
- 18 May 2021
Imperial creates tool to analyse geographic distribution of authors on reading lists and socio-economic status of their country
Writing letters of recommendation is at the heart of being an educator
- 18 May 2021
What strikes some as a tedious chore prone to bias can transform lives and evoke enduring gratitude. Academics should embrace the opportunity to knit the plot of a person, says Douglas Dowland
Other professions don’t tolerate public rudeness. Why do academics?
- 18 May 2021
Scholars should model the constructive criticism of ideas, not yell ‘you're wrong’ during each other’s talks, says Katy Barnett
Interview with Jan Eldridge
- 18 May 2021
Theoretical astrophysicist explains how early home computers nurtured a fascination with the universe, and busts the myth that most stars are single
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Interview with Anthony Schrag
- 5 May 2021
Artist and researcher Anthony Schrag on the importance of interdisciplinarity, how university changed him and why art will be even more important in the post-Covid world
US colleges’ billion-dollar question: is philanthropy worth the cost?
- 5 May 2021
With wealth and donations becoming concentrated in ever fewer, ever more influential hands, and with some institutions languishing while the elite flourish, Paul Basken asks whether it is time for American colleges and universities to start biting the hand that feeds
What are academics looking forward to about returning to campus?
- 5 May 2021
As vaccination programmes offer the prospect of a return to physical teaching, what aspects of their pre-pandemic life will academics most heartily re-embrace (or at least touch elbows with)? And are there aspects of locked-down life that they will miss? Our six contributors offer a range of perspectives
Teaching universities lead UK’s £60 million crowdfunding haul
- 5 May 2021
Study highlights growing importance of fundraising activity but raises concerns about burden on academics and students
Show societal worth of research ‘to preserve academic freedom’
- 5 May 2021
Conference hears argument that freedoms are ‘better achieved’ by maintaining public support for universities
Teaching intelligence: how to encourage entrepreneurship
- 5 May 2021
Entrepreneurship skills can benefit students and society, but many universities aren’t giving the area the attention it needs, experts tell Anna McKie
Freedom of speech really is at risk – but beware of top-down solutions
- 5 May 2021
With some academics being willing to oust those they disagree with, self-censorship is a huge, unacknowledged problem, says James Tooley
Is the benefit of the REF really worth the cost?
- 5 May 2021
Simpler options are imperfect but perhaps no more so than the panels’ unavoidably cursory ‘peer review’ of submissions, says Dorothy Bishop
Lost in (the third) space: knowledge brokers need career paths too
- 5 May 2021
Those who blur the lines between academic and professional staff are the connective tissue in the research ecosystem, say Matthew Flinders and Sarah Chaytor
Careers Clinic: how should I approach a PhD supervisor?
- 26 Apr 2021
THE’s Careers Clinic brings together the great and the good of higher education to answer a burning careers question
How to be an ally for first-generation students
- 26 Apr 2021
As lecturers, we can influence whether social background becomes an obstacle for students’ progression, says Siobhán O’Brien
Interview with Connson Locke
- 21 Apr 2021
The LSE management expert describes how workers can gain confidence to speak up, the culture shock of academia and what she learned from a drag king workshop
Bullying up: academic ‘incivility’ exerts heavy toll on deans
- 21 Apr 2021
Senior scholars increasingly victims of gossip, muttering and insubordination, researchers say
V-c on a mission to bring HE and FE together, from Oz to Shetland
- 21 Apr 2021
New University of the Highlands and Islands principal discusses the unique value of multi-campus, regional universities and why the ‘binary’ narrative around further and higher education must change
NYU provost: don’t let funders and students dictate subject mix
- 21 Apr 2021
Katherine Fleming tells THE event New York University would ‘turn into a gigantic teaching institution for data science’ if it responded to outside pressure