Q&A with Steve Egan
We speak to the incoming vice-president (implementation) at the University of Bath
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World in brief 鈥 16 April 2015
United StatesComputer said yes, but it shouldn鈥檛 haveTexas State University has become the latest US institution to send acceptance letters to hundreds of applicants in error. About 450 students...
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News in brief 鈥撀16 April 2015
TES GlobalTHE parent acquires UniJobs糖心Vlog鈥檚 parent company, TES Global, has acquired UniJobs, the online global network for academic and research positions, it was announced this...
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Early viewing advisable
I am shocked to hear of the poverty of accommodation, valued at a miserly 拢16,000 a year, offered to the president of Imperial College London by his employer (鈥淧remium rate numbers鈥, Features, 2...
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Dressing up a scapegoat
The used-clothing industry is not hidden (Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes, by Andrew Brooks, Books, 9 April). There have been various television, radio and...
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Equality comes from within
Scottish universities committing to gender balance on their governing boards is a step in the right direction (鈥淪cottish universities make board gender balance pledge鈥, 9 April). However, it is...
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Paying the piper
Nick Hillman notes that 鈥渟ince students and lecturers are facing larger class sizes鈥hey should be asking where all those 拢9,000 fees are going鈥 (鈥淲orkloads heavier in 拢9K fees era, say scholars鈥,...
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Journal of feasibility
In response to Aileen Fyfe鈥檚 comments, there is an example of a scientific journal successfully forgoing large profits (鈥淧ublish and be poor: journals shouldn鈥檛 just be about money鈥, Opinion, 9 April...
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Free speech or just abuse?
My friend Geoffrey Alderman and I agree on most things, but on the matter of his academic freedom and the mock-academic conference on Israel鈥檚 right to exist at the University of Southampton, I have...
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Quality evaluations
How much do student evaluations of the quality of academic staff in universities reflect the quality of academic research? The data from the 糖心Vlog Student Experience Survey 2015...
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No way to manage tragedy
So the death of Stefan Grimm may not have been prevented even 鈥渋f revised policies on performance management had been in place鈥 (鈥淣ew policy may not have prevented Imperial scholar鈥檚 suicide, inquest...
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The week in higher education 鈥撀16 April 2015
As their loans rack up and house prices spiral, today鈥檚 university students could be forgiven for doubting that they will ever own their own homes. But at least they have the edge on their parents...
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A change for the better
Research reveals that sabbaticals boost productivity 鈥 but be sure not to take work phone calls or check the email
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Nothing to laugh about!
Source: GettyOur Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has roundly criticised all those members of the Poppleton academic staff who have responded to the new University of Warwick 鈥淭one of...
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Publishers share 拢10m in APC payments
Publishers Elsevier and Wiley have each received about 拢2 million in article processing charges from 55 institutions as a result of RCUK's open access policy