Teaching we can do; learning鈥檚 out of our hands
What parents and schools fail to do in 18 years is unlikely to be accomplished in a couple of courses, says Alan Ryan
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The harmful idea of student 鈥榲ulnerability鈥
A growing zeal to address 鈥榳ell-being鈥 diverts resources from those who really need help, says Kathryn Ecclestone
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The week in higher education
- Vice-chancellors in the UK often look enviously across the pond at the pay awarded to their US peers. But they might be less enamoured with the conditions foisted on Gwendolyn Boyd when she became...
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A peek at Australia's Petri dish
What can the UK learn from the uncapped student numbers 'experiment' that is already in full swing Down Under? Explosive" is the word used by one vice-chancellor to describe this week's figures...
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Branding the Nation: The Global Business of National Identity, by Melissa Aronczyk
The 鈥榥ation brand鈥 phenomenon is unsustainable, says Rula Al-Abdulrazak
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Damn lies and prospectuses
鈥淵ou鈥檙e not suggesting that I deliberately colluded in a falsehood?鈥漈hat was how Angela Topping, our Deputy Head of Prospectus Management, responded to the suggestion from reporter Keith Ponting (30...
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Stellacci 鈥榮tripy nanoparticle鈥 dispute heats up
Analysis critical of professor鈥檚 discovery claim is published on arXiv
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Dating game: US undergraduates get lessons in love
Students assigned an old-fashioned date by Boston College lecturer
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Anglo-Indian ties have been 鈥榖utchered鈥 by May
UEA head blames home secretary for UK鈥檚 first fall in international students
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A revolutionary mission statement: improve the world
Addressing global problems should be the academy鈥檚 raison d鈥櫭猼re, argues Nicholas Maxwell
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UCU 'U-turn': some members say leaders are backing off showdown
Some members have branded the University and College Union鈥檚 decision to hold a series of two-hour strikes a 鈥渟hameful鈥 attempt to scale back industrial action over this year鈥檚 1聽per cent pay offer
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High and arbitrary fees
Charging high fees for the right to reproduce photographs of out-of-copyright artworks in academic publications is, as Robin Simon has written in the British Art Journal, a 鈥渓oathsome practice鈥 that...
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Student complaints about assessment grow as fee levels rise
Increasingly litigious students are consequence of consumerist nature of universities, says lawyer
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QAA seeks new quality development director
Agency head Anthony McClaran elaborates on what the role will entail. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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A peek at Australia鈥檚 Petri dish
What can the UK learn from the uncapped student numbers 鈥榚xperiment鈥 that is already in聽full swing Down Under?