Number of researchers in REF ‘up 43 per cent’ under new rules
Big increase would represent less than three-quarters of eligible headcount suggested by official data
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Flinders University sponsored supplement digital edition
Produced by and paid for by Flinders University
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Interview with Jikyeong Kang
The president and dean of the Asian Institute of Management tells Joyce Lau that being an introverted leader and a minority has taught her empathy
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Martin Mortimer, 1948-2019
Tributes paid to ‘insightful’ agricultural ecologist who applied his theoretical understanding to food production around the world
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Trouble replicating cancer studies a ‘wake-up call’ for science
Inability to begin reruns of experiments highlights the problem of weak methodologies of journal papers, say Center for Open Science director
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V-c calls for admissions quotas to create mixed-ability campuses
Open University head says that students should be randomly allocated if a university is oversubscribed
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UK universities ‘increasingly reliant’ on Chinese fee income
Chinese students worth at least £1.7 billion to sector, representing more than 10 per cent of revenue at several institutions
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The week in higher education – 23 January 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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23 January 2020 digital edition
A quick workaround: will the employability agenda bypass universities?
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Grayson Perry: A bull in higher education’s china shop?
The ‘transvestite potter’ is used to creating a stir, but is his freewheeling approach a benefit or a curse when it comes to being a university chancellor? And should art schools still tolerate...
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Research intelligence: how to sniff out errors and fraud
A growing number of data detectives are on the hunt for sloppy science and dodgy statistics. Jack Grove examines the methods they use
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Australia’s university funding freeze will chill the knowledge economy
Capping the public contribution to degree costs means universities can’t move to address skills gaps, says David Lloyd
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We need to know which widening participation initiatives actually work
There is evidence of success in changing attitudes, but effects on admissions remain woefully under-explored, says David Robinson
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Will US universities be made redundant by the employability agenda?
With student debt escalating and concerns persisting that college graduates are not job-ready, increasing numbers of companies are taking the training of their workers in-house. But where does that...
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Sydney v-c sees ‘huge public support’ for keeping China ties
Michael Spence tells THE/Toronto event that maintaining conversations at staff and student level is ‘incredibly important’ in face of rising tensions