Laurie Taylor 鈥撀9 July 2015
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Taking appropriate measures
Metrics have become prevalent 鈥 and problematic 鈥 throughout universities, but they can be effective tools if used correctly
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Poor students鈥 鈥榗ognitive gain鈥 may play role in TEF
Debate may also consider efficacy of running new framework in tandem with REF
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Lecturers鈥 skills not up to scratch, says Eton head
Tony Little points to 鈥榠ncreasing gap鈥 between teaching standards at sixth form and university
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External examiners should be independent, says report
HEA proposals aim to address 鈥榗osy鈥 relationships and quality assurance processes
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Public engagement means 鈥榮acrificing鈥 academic career
Perception that time should be spent improving research prowess
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Research council spending per head in the UK
Research councils spend just 拢11 per person on R&D in Northern Ireland, almost seven times less than the spend per person in London, new figures suggest
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鈥楪rowing disquiet鈥 about 鈥榗rude鈥 grant income targets at Queen鈥檚
Goals set for most academic posts across the institutions鈥 three faculties
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PhD students left feeling 鈥榙ehumanised鈥 and 鈥榠solated鈥
US academic urges sector to make doctoral students鈥 experience 鈥榤ore human鈥
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Dean defends Cardiff University鈥檚 health research shift
Head says changes that could lead to 60 redundancies will allow medical school to focus on strengths without harming Welsh healthcare
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The week in higher education 鈥撀9 July 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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Employability data signify nothing
In his first major policy speech as universities and science minister, Jo Johnson spoke about the importance of graduate employability. The idea that you could use this as an聽indicator of the...
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Fresh roots rejuvenate
Thank you for the article on the 鈥渒ey issues that local union branches are dealing with鈥 (鈥淏ackstage hands鈥, Features, 25 June). It is important that the hard, mostly voluntary, work that University...
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Scotland in union
One of the distinguishing features of UK higher education is the way that devolution has allowed England to diverge from the norm as a聽result of the business model of higher education increasingly...