Not for you: what 鈥榚xperts鈥 debate tells the working class
The 鈥榰niversity-educated expert鈥 v 鈥榗ommon man鈥 conflict cements the notion that higher study is not for the poor, says Ryan Coogan
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A humble request: don鈥檛 ask for letters of recommendation
Asking applicants for academic posts to submit references from supervisors can lead to exploitation; the practice needs to end, says Sanjay Pulipaka
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With end of tenure in sight, end of tether is too
With retirement age approaching, 颅Irritable Male Syndrome is hitting Mark Montgomery particularly, unexpectedly, hard
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Impact of Stern REF review assessed
Re 鈥淪tern aims for lower REF workload, more 鈥榞ame-changing鈥 research鈥 (28 July). As someone doing good research, this is how I read the recommendations of Lord Stern鈥檚 Review of the UK鈥檚 Research...
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Private positives
I would argue that the disappointing letter 鈥淧rivate ventures ripe for failure鈥 (28 July) is backwards-looking and self-protectionist. It is an unreasoned attack on the alternative provider sector in...
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Beyond training
Re 鈥淭he vocational alternative: a definitive opportunity for universities?鈥 (31 July) How often do we have to read of universities鈥 failure to 鈥渆quip鈥 young people for work when their brief is to 鈥...
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Help, don鈥檛 snark
Academic writing is an easy target: there鈥檚 so much of it, and not all of it is good. Understanding and detailing good practice is much harder to do. Zachary Foster鈥檚 list of bad writing tics (鈥淗ow...
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Stern review: research ructions and reality
Unease over the suggestion to tie work to universities overlooks the reality that the REF is an institutional review
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University of Hull v-c to stand down
Calie Pistorius, who has led the institution for just under a decade, is looking forward to his 鈥榥ext opportunity and role鈥
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Is research a fertile hunting ground for narcissists?
A new book by Bruno Lemaitre considers whether science is suffering from being led by the self-obsessed
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Stanley Mandelstam, 1928-2016
An academic described as a 鈥榞iant in theoretical physics鈥 has died
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Interview with Dick Hobbs
We talk gangsters, London crime and dodging punches with the noted ethnographer