The University Challenge: Changing Universities in a Changing World, by Ed Byrne and Charles Clarke
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No end to coronavirus travel ban
Respite increasingly unlikely as Australia moves into pandemic mode
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‘Hidden discrimination’ stalks Australian campuses
No obvious solutions in sight as income support levels plummet
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Teaching intelligence: improving students’ assessment literacy
Tutors at the University of Reading give advice on capturing and developing students’ understanding of assessment criteria
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Interview with Eleni Linos
One of four sisters holding academic posts at top US universities explains that their professorial parents gave them something far more valuable than a bookish bloodline
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Betty Siegel, 1931-2020
Pioneering university leader who went on to promote higher education’s social responsibility remembered
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New guidelines to tackle ‘complacency’ about overseas research
PhD students seen as being particularly at risk, in wake of murder of Giulio Regeni and detention of Matthew Hedges
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Make year one free for first-in-family students, says report
Proposal one of several put forward for higher education to bridge post-Brexit divides in UK
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Academic ‘quit lit’: power inequity ‘still present at exit door’
Parting shot the privilege of the established, as precariously employed academics choose less risky departures, says anthropologist
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The week in higher education − 27 February 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Universities can help heal a divided Britain
UK universities’ multiple missions can be accelerated under the new government’s ministerial briefs, say Chris Husbands and Natalie Day
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Female academics need to embrace competition
Removing biases in the system may not be enough to achieve a truly equal gender balance, says Sun Young Lee
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Thomas Piketty: ‘Economists are no different from other social scientists’
As the monumental follow-up to his best-selling Capital in the Twenty-First Century is published, the celebrated French economist speaks to Matthew Reisz about why a detailed historical analysis of...
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The gender pay gap can’t be explained away
Even women with identical performance ratings to men suffer large pay deficits. This must be fixed, say Ann Brower and Alex James
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In it for the long haul? Reflections on international relocation
Moving overseas is often the best way to further an academic career, but the transition to a new system and culture can be painful. Six academics recount their experiences and offer their tips