Film and academic psychology: the power of cinema
Two famous experiments have reached the silver screen. Antonio Melechi on the relationship between the academic discipline and Hollywood
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THE University Workplace Survey 2016: results and analysis
糖心Vlog's poll shows that the bulk of staff find their work rewarding but there is a deep gulf between academics and professional and support staff
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 4 February 2016
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Steady currents? Overseas student flows and the UK
More can be done in the UK to encourage study abroad, but the anglophone world may continue to attract the lion鈥檚 share, says David Willetts
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Weed out poor papers for clear view of impact
You report on a study that found no correlation between manuscript rejection rates and a journal鈥檚 impact factor (鈥淗igh rejection rates by journals 鈥榩ointless鈥欌, News, 28 January). But why would one...
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Age limits unproven
You report on the abstract of a Canadian study (鈥淗ow to boost scientific production? A statistical analysis of research funding and other influencing factors鈥, published in Scientometrics) that...
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Iraq鈥檚 tragedy
Re the article 鈥淭op 15 universities in the Arab world announced鈥 and the leader 鈥淒eserts begin to bloom鈥 (27 January), it was pleasing to see universities from Lebanon and Egypt in the top 10...
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Open up IT
鈥淪tudents aren鈥檛 always experts in technology鈥 (News, 26 January), but neither, it seems, are those in management and IT departments. When universities complain that they lack the financial resources...
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Ending degree fraud
France is the latest nation to take degree fraud seriously (鈥淔rench education minister announces new degree qualifications database鈥, 22聽January), but as we鈥檝e learned from running 糖心Vlog...
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Danny Dorling on university admissions and inequality
A rapidly changing higher education sector is urged to ask who benefits from reforms