UK universities are national treasures that need care and attention
Britain has a remarkably strong higher education system that makes it a world-leading player, and it requires tending, not trashing
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India is right to reset its goals for universities
The news about India鈥檚 shelving its foreign universities 鈥減ipe dream鈥 in favour of the creation of new domestic 鈥渋nstitutions of eminence鈥 (鈥淚ndia shelves its foreign universities 鈥榩ipe dream鈥欌, News...
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Admin鈥檚 burdens
I wonder whether 鈥渁nother academic鈥, whose letter 鈥淪tate of the uni鈥 bemoaned the 鈥渓udicrous amount of paperwork鈥 in UK higher education (Letters, 24 August), could be induced to divulge which...
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Lower order letters
In her review of Janet Sorensen鈥檚聽Strange Vernaculars, Elspeth Jajdelska says the book 鈥渆xplains how the speech of criminals, provincials, the labouring classes and sailors was recreated in print to...
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Structural break
Emma Rees rightly pleads for a summer holiday away from 鈥淟acan, Kristeva and Foucault too鈥︹ (鈥淐rumbs of comfort 鈥╫n the beach鈥, 24 August). Don鈥檛 we all need a break as well from Saussure, the father...
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Predatory journals a 鈥榞lobal problem鈥, study warns
Research reveals majority of authors publishing in illegitimate journals come from wealthy countries
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鈥楶redatory鈥 journals: the situation is urgent, so why don鈥檛 we fight back?
The solutions to the predatory publishing problem are known, we just need to implement them, say Larissa Shamseer and David Moher
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Let students take phones into exams, says Harvard professor
Eric Mazur, father of the 鈥榝lipped classroom鈥, says rethinking assessment is the next frontier
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Berkeley needs 鈥榮erious debate鈥 on public-private future 鈥 Dirks
Iconic Californian institution鈥檚 viability as a state university called into question by fall in public support and growing political intrusion, says ex-chancellor
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Widening participation: LSE bucks trend as 鈥榚lite鈥 universities struggle
Despite putting more money into improving access, the top universities still struggle, finds Emilie Sundorph
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Brexit 鈥榯hreatens London鈥檚 lead as global HE destination鈥
Analysis of university-city performance shows UK鈥檚 capital has a lot to lose if EU exit is botched
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Nobel laureate: 鈥業 fear young will lose confidence in academia鈥
US physician also tells summit that, while governments change, 鈥榮cience goes on鈥