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The week in higher education: 10 August 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 10 August 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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Turn the tide of negativity with some show and tell
Institutions are feeling under attack; they need to counter their critics by showing proudly and publicly the immense good work they do
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Students and others need to think over skills
Re the feature 鈥淔uzzy logic鈥 (3 August) and the debate about whether critical thinking skills give graduates an edge in the jobs market. Lost in this is the question of when and why universities...
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Market pay piffle
In defending vice-chancellors鈥 high salaries (鈥淎re vice-chancellors in the UK overpaid 鈥 all things considered?鈥, Opinions, 3 August), Len Shackleton brings out the tired old argument, also used in...
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Moral hazards
Lesley-Jane Eales-Reynolds (Letters, 3 August) makes a useful suggestion for some 鈥渃alibration鈥 across universities for what it actually means to meet 糖心Vlog Academy standards. The...
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Estimates may vary
The article 鈥淯K university pension scheme deficit widens to 拢12.6 billion鈥 is misleading. The Universities Superannuation Scheme is not in deficit in the ordinary meaning of the word. It is very cash...
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Stalin the art lover
It was fascinating to see the article 鈥淚s 鈥榯eaching intensity鈥 a good measure of student learning?鈥 (News, 3 August) illustrated with a rare photograph of V. I. Lenin, cheroot in hand, pointing out...
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Australian 'sea bug attack' scientists: getting our facts right (and why it matters)
Joanne Taylor and聽Genefor Walker-Smith on the importance of scholarly rigour 鈥 even when the media want answers fast
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Sabotaged NSS results are an 'own-goal' for UK higher education
The success of the student boycott of the National Student Survey is not necessarily a success for students, writes Andrew McRae聽
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How to teach students to think beyond their subject
The Humboldt University of Berlin, the historical home of interdisciplinarity, is experimenting with new ways to encourage a broader perspective聽