'Drive to marketisation' puts purpose of universities 'at risk'
Former Labour higher education minister criticises UK's HE bill in Hepi report
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Mega-journals: the future, a stepping stone to it or a leap into the abyss?
Nature鈥檚 new kid on the block is now the biggest journal in the world. But while such giants are currently overturning the world of scholarly publishing, their long-term future is unclear, says...
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Donald Trump still looks like a winner to me 鈥 but for all the wrong reasons
Despite recent revelations about the Republican presidential candidate鈥檚 attitude towards women, Duncan Wu still believes his celebrity will carry him to victory on 8 November聽
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You might open the door 鈥 but what will it mean to step through it?
There is no simple answer to the ethical dilemmas, political manoeuvrings and relationship challenges involved in gaining access to organisations for research, says Ann Cunliffe
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Boy鈥檚 paper on 鈥榬eally cool鈥 bats accepted by journal
鈥楿nexpected鈥 twist occurred after a seven-year-old鈥檚 manuscript on bats was accepted by a pay-to-publish journal
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Europe giving US business schools a run for their money
New figures show nearly two-thirds of European business schools reported increases in applications
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Peter Wright, 1941-2016
A sociologist who helped to forge new qualifications and quality assurance regimes has died
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Academics draft 鈥榥ew social contract for higher education鈥
International group aims to re-establish core principles of universities
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Interview with Charles Foster
Would you prefer to live as a badger, an otter, a swift, an urban fox or a deer? We speak to the academic who did all five
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World leaders in the arts offered university programme
Academics and leading figures from London鈥檚 rich cultural scene offer their insights to those running major arts organisations around the world
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Asian researcher numbers soar
New data points to exponential growth in many countries
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How the social sciences can embrace the big data revolution
Training, bold interdisciplinary partnerships and 鈥榖ridging skills鈥 are all essential for social scientists who want to make best use of all the data now available to them
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CBI president: UK must be open to foreign researchers post-Brexit
Paul Drechsler calls for 鈥榟onest鈥 debate about role of immigration in UK economy
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鈥淜eep the Damned Women Out鈥: The Struggle for Coeducation, by Nancy Weiss Malkiel
Book of the week: A history of the fight to share elite spaces focuses on gender over race and class, says Mary Evans