Make your mind up time
As we are constantly reminded, the general election draws ever nearer.Here at The Poppletonian, we regard it as vitally important that all our readers have a clear knowledge of how each of the main...
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Sir David Bell, Sir David Eastwood, Sandra Leaton Gray, Jon May and Juan C. Moreno-Cabrera...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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US student debt: borrowing the long and lending the short of it
Financing options fail to live up to the promises made by politicians, says Alan Ruby
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Ulrich Beck, 1944-2015
One of the leading sociologists of his generation has died
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Q&A with Baroness Rebuck
We speak to the publisher and incoming pro-provost and chair of the Royal College of Art鈥檚 council
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Academics and admin: too 鈥榖rilliant鈥 to fill in a form?
A Dutch-born scholar and research administrator wonders if the British class system plays a role in views about division of labour
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World in brief - 29 January 2015
PolandJewish scholars鈥 PhDs reinstated in belated righting of Nazi-era wrongsA Polish university has reinstated doctorates of Jewish academics that were annulled at the behest of the Nazi regime...
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Grant winners - 29 January 2015
Royal Society/ British AcademyNewton International FellowshipsAwarded to non-UK, early career postdoctoral researchers working across all disciplines of the humanities, engineering and natural and...
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News in brief - 29 January 2015
RankingsQatar and Lebanon take top spotsQatar and Lebanon are the top performers in a snapshot of what a new ranking devoted to universities in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) could look like...
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Blocked passages
If episodes of writer鈥檚 block are as common as headaches, are they also as easy to alleviate (鈥淭o steer clear of a writing rut, take a helicopter view鈥, Careers intelligence, 22 January)? Gina Wisker...
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How鈥檚 that for a degree?
Given that the University of the Highlands and Islands is to offer a degree in professional golf (鈥淧rofessional golf degree launched in Scotland鈥, www.timeshighereducation.co.uk, 21 January), it is...
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Who really funds teachers
The National College for Teaching and Leadership is not 鈥渢he Department for Education agency that funds teacher education鈥 (鈥淰olte-face on teachers鈥 feedback鈥, News in brief, 22 January): the funders...
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DIY digital editions
Claims that monograph publishing is in crisis may be exaggerated, and there may be many opportunities in moving to an open access model, but there are still issues to consider (鈥淧lease log in to book...
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Pensions: a moral dilemma
Does the introduction of a defined contribution pension scheme signal a new era for reward in higher education?Higher education professionals have been faced with a huge moral dilemma this week (at...