University strategic plans: a world of superlatives and meaningless aspiration
Claire Taylor challenges the absence of distinctiveness and diversity in an increasingly homogeneous HE landscape
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Tips for academics on blogging and social media
Scholars failing to engage with Twitter and other platforms are missing out on crucial resources
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Sixth-form colleges ‘prepare students for university better than FE’
University Campus Suffolk researchers find ‘natural progression’ into higher education is not found at every institution
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Six Degrees of Francis Bacon: a social network for early modern Britain
A new digital tool reveals exactly who was close to whom in the age of the Tudors and Stuarts
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South African tuition fee hikes cancelled after nationwide protests
President Jacob Zuma says he ‘understands the difficulty faced by students’ as demonstration also held outside South African High Commission in London
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Universities clash with watchdog over website investigation
Institutions say allegations that they do not comply with consumer protection legislation are ‘completely false’
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The challenges of supervising students from other countries
Gina Wisker offers some practical advice on cross-cultural supervision
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Three-quarters of universities ‘fail to put vital course information online’
Consumer watchdog Which? ‘disappointed’ after surveying 50 institutions’ websites
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Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2015: top 100
Financial Times reveals its top 100 worldwide executive MBA programmes based on alumni success
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News blog: is economics based on shaky statistics?
A new paper finds that more than half of economic studies are unreproducible. But there could be even deeper issues with the discipline, says David Matthews
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It's time to speak up about the UK government’s plans for research
Stephen Curry is campaigning against possible cuts to the UK research budget, and he needs your help
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Quick takes: Karen Sibley on gender diversity
Brown University dean on gender mix in senior university management
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Jeffrey Collins, 1930-2015
An electrical engineer who pioneered major developments in signal processing has died
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Interview with Anne Curry
On 25 October it will be the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt. Ahead of the commemoration, we talk to an Agincourt expert about its continued historical significance
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Lego at Cambridge is much more than child’s play
Acting director of new research centre set up with Lego Foundation money says aim will be to explore whether there really is evidence that play enhances education