How academics can improve their quality of life
At a time when stress and mental health issues are endemic within universities, Erin K. Wilson considers the small steps she is determined to take in order to be part of the solution
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Interview with Mary Pierre-Harvey
The UK’s first black director of estates discusses the barriers faced by ethnic minority professionals and why Westminster Abbey has a carving of her head
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Margarita Salas Falgueras, 1938–2019
Tributes paid to researcher who invented pioneering DNA testing technique and championed women in science
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University reputation ‘less important’ for graduate recruiters
Data from a worldwide survey of employers suggest universities that specialise, work with industry and cultivate digital literacy are gaining the most ground
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Visa concerns ‘low on the list’ for travelling academics
Survey of 10,000 researchers suggests that despite headlines, salary and location are still bigger drivers
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The week in higher education – 21 November 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Universities urged to radically cut flights to help climate
Academics suggest ambitious targets for reducing air travel and introducing regional hubs for conferences
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21 November 2019 digital edition
Questions of scale: campuses worldwide are ballooning, but is bigger always better?
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Careers intelligence: how postdocs can find jobs outside the academy
Most postdoctoral researchers will end up working outside universities – postdoc adviser Emma Williams has some advice on the tricky business of applying for jobs in different sectors
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Ten rules for succeeding in academia through upward toxicity
Universities preach meritocracy but, in reality, bend over backwards to protect toxic personalities, says Irina Dumitrescu
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White supremacist manifesto ‘airdropped’ to US students’ phones
New York governor joins criticism of handling of racist incidents at Syracuse
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Third of international students in US ‘discriminated against’
Survey released as new data show the majority of US universities have seen a decline in new international students this year
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Lib Dems seek to sidestep fees trauma with HE review pledge
Party would use review to consider ‘any necessary reforms’, having previously indicated it may favour a graduate tax
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PolyU campus ‘in complete disarray’ as siege nears endgame
Hong Kong university leaders plead with barricaded staff and students to leave
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US senators threaten campuses over foreign espionage fears
Lawmakers fret over weak response to China, but can’t say what they would do better