Interview with Deborah McAndrew
The new chancellor of Leeds Trinity University talks about playing a student on Coronation Street, coping with grief and why regional accents are still frowned upon by directors of Shakespeare
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Christine Floss, 1961-2018
Tributes paid to physicist whose research on moon rocks illuminated our understanding of the solar system
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Public trust 鈥榢ey鈥 to Irish universities鈥 funding battle
Head of 糖心Vlog Authority聽acknowledges 鈥榩olitical appetite鈥 for organisation to take on stronger regulatory responsibilities
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Automatic job applications could help gender balance, says study
Gender gap at professorial level is largely down to fewer women applying,聽so default application聽system could be a solution, researcher suggests
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Will handing curriculum design to industry solve the skills gap?
Cutting academics out of module creation poses risks, but it is a model聽that will be watched closely, says Chris Havergal
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The week in higher education 鈥 31 May 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Ucas rejects 鈥榬acial profiling鈥 claims over fraud investigations
Analysis finds black students significantly more likely to have their applications investigated and cancelled
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Society鈥檚 immune system against extremism is failing
Moral and cultural organisations such as universities must strive harder to rid the body politic of populist infection, in central Europe and elsewhere, says聽Tom谩拧 Hal铆k
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India鈥檚 Institutes of Eminence initiative is off to a less than eminent start
The initial botched attempt to draw up a shortlist of institutions eligible for extra funding does not augur well, writes Pushkar
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Running to stand still on the academic treadmill? Pursue happiness instead
Focusing on values and priorities while learning from failures is the key to maintaining scholarly well-being, say Alexander Clark and Bailey Sousa
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A woman鈥檚 place is in the lab 鈥 even if she is pregnant
Legal action should not be required to convince universities to do more to help expectant mothers graduate without delay, says John Kaag聽
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Peter Mathieson on the perils of Hong Kong politics
As a Brit leading HKU, Peter Mathieson had no baggage. The University of Edinburgh鈥檚 new v-c tells Ellie Bothwell about academic freedom, internationalisation and being treated to taxi drivers鈥 views...
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THE Young University Rankings 2018 methodology
With more data from more institutions, our 2018 Young University Rankings explore the growing higher education sector. Here we explain the methodology that underpins the tables
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Flawed student survey does not reflect reality
We at the National Union of Students are aware of the faults in the recent Migration Advisory Committee survey of students that resulted in it being halted (鈥淲ithdrawal of 鈥榝lawed鈥 international...
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Unhappy families
Like the Chinese scientist who was denied a UK visa for her baby (鈥淎nger over visa rules 鈥╝s scholar forced to quit Oxford鈥, News, 17 May), my husband, a senior lecturer at Bournemouth University,...