International quality assured
Your report on a paper I delivered at the 11th European Quality Assurance Forum questioned the value of quality assurance guidelines for transnational education (鈥淕lobal guidelines for TNE 'may be...
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In good time
The editors of the EMBO Journal were glad to be able to publish Enrique Martin-Blanco鈥檚 paper (鈥淎cademic criticises reviewers after five-year delay to paper鈥, News, 28 November). The process was, in...
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Mexican vista
Writing from another Centre of Advanced Research in Mexico City, I share with Carolina Guzm谩n-Valenzuela the preoccupation of how to strengthen science in Latin America (鈥淗ow to make Latin America鈥檚...
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Dear diary
I have done the same Trac paperwork at the same institution as Toby Miller, and I think he is making a fuss over nothing (鈥淢y university has asked me to keep a diary of my work, and I hate it鈥,...
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Watch and learn
Data are available on nearly every aspect of our lives and it is up to us, as individuals, to make a decision over whether the tracking gives us any benefit. Universities naturally collect data on...
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Grant winners 鈥 8 December 2016
A round-up of聽academics awarded research council funding
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Would-be heavyweights: the rise of open access mega-journals
This graph shows the dramatic rise of open access mega-journals such as Plos One, which offer to publish papers based on their scientific soundness rather than the significance or novelty of the...
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Widening participation: any more for any more?
Few disagree that more higher education is a good thing, but it鈥檚 tricky to balance universities鈥 costs and manageable fees
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THE podcast: 8-14 December 2016 weekly review
The 糖心Vlog editorial team look at some of the highlights from this week's edition
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Report urges change to UK鈥檚 鈥榠naccurate鈥 predicted grades system
Study for UCU finds just 16 per cent of applicants鈥 grades are predicted accurately 鈥 but Ucas says this is 鈥榥ot the case鈥
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UK role in European higher education 鈥榠rreplaceable鈥
EUA highlights British lion's share of EU research projects and student mobility
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New PhD students 鈥榝acing shifting landscape on publishing鈥
Latest EUA doctoral council chair says open science very much聽on his agenda for the role