UUK president aims to show degree value ‘not all about money’
Julia Buckingham also aims to protect funding, as response to Augar review is debated
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The week in higher education – 3 October 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Most European campuses ‘use journal impact factor to judge staff’
Preliminary results of EUA survey suggest three-quarters of responding institutions draw on much-criticised metric
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Matthew Hedges: universities fail to protect staff working abroad
Researcher held in UAE for five months suggests commercial relationships may trump concern for researchers’ well-being
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What is the point of a university press?
Recent controversy over the future directions of both Stanford and Melbourne university presses have raised questions about the role of in-house publishing arms in a world of commercialisation,...
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Academics are people, too
Universities rightly make every effort to protect learners’ feelings. But what about teachers’ feelings, asks Alice Wickenden
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Major nations ‘moving backwards’ on humanities citations
THE data show research influence in arts and humanities is declining in several countries, but many nations still progress overall
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Australian performance funding puts emphasis on job success
Graduate employment given double the weighting of other metrics in TEF-style assessments
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Moedas: Europe should lead negotiations with academic publishers
Outgoing commissioner frustrated that countries still strike deals on a country-by-country basis
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World University Rankings 2020 by subject: arts and humanities table information
Key statisticsThe data shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It represents data from the 2017...
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Clear data from devices before travelling, academics told
Rising instances of warrantless searches at borders have ‘serious implications for academic freedom and research confidentiality’, says union head
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Tory manifesto tipped to focus on ‘low value degrees’ in England
Ministers expected to reject Augar fee cut plan, raising question of what will be election offer on university fees and funding
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Universities should pay more attention to their environments
Spaces can energise or demotivate. Using them to nurture well-being should be seen as an investment not a cost, says Derek Clements-Croome
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Harvard wins legal fight to consider race in admissions
Court ruling is likely headed to Supreme Court, which may reconsider past approvals