Offensive student evaluations ‘leave academics in fear’
Universities need to give staff more support about how to deal with negative comments, say researchers
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French PhD students’ pay for teaching falls below minimum wage
Vacataire status means not only low pay, but six-month waits between wages, says the Confederation of Young Researchers
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Augar review: lower fees could come at a high cost
The risk is high that a future government will not replace lost fee funding with the investment universities need, says Bill Rammell
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Australian research ‘excellence’ may be mirage, says study
Leap in proportion of ‘above world standard’ research may reflect decline in average citation rates around the globe
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US university enrolment drops for eighth year
Declines heaviest among small colleges, men, and states of Florida and Illinois
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What are you reading? – 30 May 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Break All the Borders, by Ariel Ahram
David Newman is unconvinced by claims that the Middle East is being reconfigured
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States of Terror: History, Theory, Literature, by David Simpson
Joanna Bourke has reservations about an attempt to track the changing meanings of terror
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature’s Deepest Secrets, by Graham Farmelo
Tony Mann assesses an argument about the role of mathematical beauty as a key to understanding how the universe works
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The Romantic Tavern: Literature and Conviviality in the Age of Revolution, by Ian Newman
Peter J. Smith raises a glass to ‘conviviality’ in life and literature
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This is Shakespeare, by Emma Smith
Lisa Hopkins applauds a ‘woke’ look at the gaps in Shakespeare’s plays
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Augar review: reversing Cameron, Osborne and Browne’s ‘past errors’
Post-18 review highlights the chaotic nature of Westminster policymaking, writes John Morgan
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A change may do you good
A different environment can do wonders for a person; might universities feel a similar refreshment when the UK’s political landscape settles down again?
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Letters – 30 May 2019
Assessing the future of assessment The feature “Time to get real” asks if university assessment still passes muster and properly reflects real-world tasks (23 May). Many of us have been listening to...
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Europe Student Success Forum to take place in Madrid
Event will include launch of THE Europe Teaching Rankings 2019