Is grade inflation a worldwide trend?
Three-quarters of students in the UK now receive ‘good’ degrees, compared with just half 20 years ago. Is grade inflation an inevitable result of the marketisation of higher education and is the...
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Hungarian academics fear EU funding cuts over loss of autonomy
Scholars say European Union may be reluctant to allocate research funds to Hungarian universities after government takes control over financing of research institutions
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Minister backs mental health charter for English universities
Student Minds to lead in developing charter, but student mental health ‘isn’t just about universities’
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UK gets world-first national learning analytics service
Thirty providers already signed up to initiative, with another 30 interested in following suit
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OfS direction on pay
On 19 June, the Office for Students published Regulatory Advice 9, an “accounts direction” requiring providers to justify as well as to declare the salaries of vice-chancellors. If this is not done...
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UCU congress: we are the university, and we are the union too
The chaos at the UCU congress reflects the same concerns around democracy and accountability that members have about university leaders, writes Mike Finn, who argues for a member-led union
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THE Europe Teaching Rankings 2018: methodology
The Europe Teaching Rankings extend our portfolio of rankings focusing on student engagement. Here, we explain how we arrived at the results
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New Zealand’s to-undo list is good politics but questionable policy
Appealing to students and their families made electoral sense for the Labour Party, but its promises have saddled it with a lot of low-value spending, says Roger Smyth
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Middle-aged academics are at greater suicide risk than students
In the wake of Malcolm Anderson’s death, universities need to wake up to the need to take better care of their senior lecturers, says Andrew Oswald
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Silence is a teaching goldmine
Abandoning her hyperactive approach to lecturing opened the way to creativity, introspection and compassion for Patricia Owen-Smith
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Universities’ risk aversion is hampering intellectual progress
Treating staff and students like children discourages the kind of experimentation that will yield solutions to the challenges we face, says Frank Furedi
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How to ensure democracy and move UCU ahead
Adam Ozanne recently wrote an opinion article titled “UCU congress: how not to turn victory into defeat” (17 June, www.timeshighereducation.com). Although we feel strongly that the issues he raised...
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Appointments – 28 June 2018
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