The week in higher education – 19 April 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

The tabloid campaign to save the Open University has forced ministers to review a crisis precipitated by their party’s higher education policy, writes John Gill

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It takes me a little effort to write in justification of Peter Horrocks, who has resigned as vice-chancellor of the Open University, having criticised him in the past. But there are two things to say...
While the result of the University and College Union pensions ballot was awaited, the Office for Students published on its website “Guidance for students affected by recent industrial action in...
The article “An inflated sense of self overshadows Gen Z’s work ethic” (Opinion, 29 March) cites the study “Her majesty the student: marketised higher education and the narcissistic (dis)...
The news article “Journal board resigns in protest at editor’s dismissal” (2 March) highlighted the mass resignations at Building Research & Information because of the publisher’s arbitrary...
“ResearchGate still infringing copyright, publishers say” (News, 11 April) misuses the term “public domain”, making it sound as if whatever is freely accessible on the internet is “public domain”. “...
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Suspected spies posing as professors have hit the headlines in recent months. Matthew Reisz considers academia's long – and ongoing – entanglement with espionage

Foreign enrolments have surged to record numbers, possible hiccups lie ahead