Women make progress on authorship but miss grants and patents
Large-scale analysis of data on published research suggests female academics now outnumber men in some fields, but significant inequalities remain
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Chris Skidmore: UK universities must embrace the future
Although his two stints as universities and science minister only added up to 400 days, Chris Skidmore has strong views about the challenges and opportunities that confront institutions as they are...
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UNSW gets approval for second Canberra campus
Capital set to become more crowded, as territory government greenlights sixth campus
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Interview with Baroness Hale
The former president of the Supreme Court, now a UCL honorary professor, discusses being a ‘speccy swot’ and the need to protect the ‘cardinal principles of our constitution’
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Philip Lowe, 1950-2020
Tributes paid to ‘inspirational’ environmental sociologist who ‘made work feel like play’
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Plan to expand Sheffield’s AMRC into ‘MIT’ put to ministers
Proposal aims to ‘propel the regeneration of manufacturing in the North and Scotland’, but Sheffield pushes back against calls to make centre independent
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Skidmore rejects ‘university-bashing’ and urges funding stability
Ex-minister also calls for ‘period of stability’ in English funding
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Majority of students still prefer physical books, survey finds
Blackwell’s survey also finds that lecturers rate physical books as better tools for learning
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5 March 2020 digital edition
Soaring ambitions: Can Mena universities help realise the region’s potential?
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Can Mena’s graduates tap new wells of prosperity?
The Middle East and North Africa have large youth populations and growing university participation. But with high unemployment, low female workplace participation and universities focused on STEM and...
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Cyberbullying by students in course evaluations should not be tolerated
Abuse of anonymity is damaging for both academics and students. It should lead to serious consequences, says Stefan Cantore
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Careers intelligence: how to get promoted after joining academia late
Despite boasting years of experience in industry, scholars with professional backgrounds can find it hard to get ahead
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The week in higher education – 5 March 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Australia coronavirus travel ban situation ‘fluid’ amid criticism
Commentators say that third countries through which Chinese students are allowed to transit appear the riskier propositions
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Coronavirus: Italy to shut universities until mid-March
Shutdown of northern institutions already in its second week