Universities spending millions helping academics buy homes
Housing crisis in Oxford, Cambridge and London means the cost of loan and joint equity schemes has tripled in past five years
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REF: static ranking raises questions about management policies
Performance targets to boost league table position are questioned as analysis shows little change in Russell Group REF order
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Universities confront ‘horrifying’ figures on BME promotion
With the latest data showing that just 17 professors in the UK are black women, two explain how a new award will help more ethnic minority staff thrive
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Can universities make the Canadian economy grow?
David Matthews reports from Canada on the Trudeau government’s plans to convert academic research into commercial gains
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New and noteworthy – 10 December 2015
From Lehman Brothers to La Leche League via disaster capitalism and 'the new retirement': new academic books worth adding to your reading list
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PhD students run professors close in Twitter popularity contest
Study finds that, while senior academics tend to have the most followers on social networking site, the most junior researchers are not far behind
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Hidden leopard-skin G-string exposed
Swiss-French scientist says he just wants to have fun
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Make science courses more accessible to stop women dropping out, says author
Stereotypes, prejudice and laddish behaviour still deter young women interested in physics, engineering and computer science, says Eileen Pollack
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Chris Marshall, 1949-2015
A researcher who made a major contribution to our understanding of cancer – and paved the way for several new classes of drug – has died
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What lessons does Switzerland hold for the UK post-Brexit?
Can a research powerhouse retain access to EU funds after a referendum backing restrictions on free movement? John Morgan reports
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Your toughest experiment: taking the lead in the lab
Eight scientists share the secrets of being a successful principal investigator
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Prizewinners’ labs ‘least likely to hire women’
Women are greatly underrepresented in the laboratories of the highest-achieving male biology professors in the US, a study has revealed.
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In Belgium, the beer is warmer than the academy
Belgian academia looks enticing and accommodating to UK postgraduates, but Kate Macdonald found that it was for locals only
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How many hours a week should academics work?
Some surveys show faculty putting in at least 60 hours a week, but research casts doubt on whether this is a productive routine