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Why the 鈥榣eftward lean鈥 in UK universities matters
John Morgan looks at the 鈥榗ulture wars鈥 approach to universities emerging on the Right, and the counter-arguments
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 1 June 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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PhD supervision: give and you shall receive
Terrible tales attest that some see this activity as a nuisance or worse, rather than as something that can benefit supervisor as much as student, says John Gill
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Profit paints art out of picture at Falmouth
On 22 May, a collective of students, alumni, staff, past colleagues and political activists delivered two petitions to Falmouth University calling on it to abort its decision to scrap two of its most...
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Joint effort needed
The plans in the Conservative Party鈥檚 manifesto to cut overseas student numbers smack of Theresa May cutting her nose off to spite her face (鈥淐onservative manifesto: plan to cut overseas student...
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Base medals
When the teaching excellence framework was first mooted, I assumed that, like the Quality Assurance Agency teaching assessments with which I was associated in the early days, it would be by subject....
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Review objectives
Liz Morrish suggests that academics 鈥渁dopt a stance of concealed menace鈥 towards their assessor to get through their annual performance and development review 鈥渦nscathed鈥 (Letters, 25 May)....
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Universities with the best staff-student ratio revealed
Universities with the highest student to staff ratio named
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UK universities sign up to 鈥榯echnician commitment鈥
Sector-wide initiative led by Science Council seeks to address 鈥榦verlooked鈥 part of academic workforce
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Compulsory retirement is an old-fashioned lost cause
There is no evidence that mandatory retirement achieves its aims, argues Paul Ewart聽
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Entrepreneurs who want to dance: the liberal arts approach to business
The liberal arts approach can lead to business being done more thoughtfully, more creatively, and more sustainably, says Jeffrey Nesteruk