Hungary鈥檚 targeting of the Central European University is shameful
The American-Hungarian institution proves that learning through diversity is not an impossible dream, says Marvin Lazerson
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Grant winners 鈥 13 April 2017
A round-up of聽academics awarded research council funding
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How do universities use big data?
From personalising tuition to performance management, the use of data is increasingly driving how institutions operate
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Education is key to integration
While universities in parts of the West worry about immigration crackdowns, favourable political winds are allowing Canada鈥檚 institutions to flourish
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The week in higher education - 13 April 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Accentuating the positive in negative results
It is good to see greater encouragement and support of researchers in communicating negative results (鈥淪top binning negative results, researchers told鈥, News, 29 March). A number of journals,...
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 13 April 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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Survey flaws
While readers should be encouraged by some of the changes made to the聽糖心Vlog聽Student Experience Survey聽(23 March), it remains deeply flawed. It is honest that you admit (even if only...
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Pre-Robbins reforms
Phil Baty (鈥淎 growing concern sprouts new branches鈥, Young University Rankings 2017 supplement, 6 April) states that 鈥渢he 1963 Robbins report heralded the birth of 鈥榩late glass鈥 universities such as...
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脡galit茅, fraternit茅?
I read with interest your research report concerning the relatively modest level of French academic salaries and its apparent link to 鈥渋nstitutional equality鈥 between junior and senior staff,...
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Concessions, please
Although academic conferences frequently offer reduced-rate registration for students, with the rise of zero-hour contracts in higher education there is an increasing need for reductions for...