Do we really need laws on toilet access?
Who can enter whose washrooms in US public universities should be a matter for kindness and common sense, not ideology, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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The precarious professorial life
During four decades of attacks on tenure and shared governance in universities, the one thing that academics have historically been permitted to retain is a system of academic esteem bestowed by...
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Unusual advantages
“Myths about the impact of having a surname starting with a letter late in the alphabet have been debunked by a new analysis,” according to the article on Tolga Yuret’s study in Scientometrics (“End-...
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Minority matters
Your selection of The Diversity Bargain: And Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions and Meritocracy at Elite Universities by Natasha Warikoo as the book of the week (Books, 27 October) and the reporting...
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Limits of the TEF
Your article rightly notes that the results of the UK Engagement Survey could have implications for the proposed teaching excellence framework, although it doesn’t explicitly state that the survey...
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Trumping populism: the worst has happened. What now?
As scholars in the UK and US mull the future after Trump’s triumph and Brexit, academics must focus on making society’s walls fall
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The Global University Employability Ranking 2016
The 150 best universities for delivering work-ready graduates
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Amendments to UK HE Bill will do little to convince its fiercest critics
Nick Hillman welcomes the government’s concessions but says there is a long way to go before this bill becomes law
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It’s time to go back to basics to demonstrate the benefits of higher education
Claire Taylor wants ‘education is never wasted’ to become the mantra for a higher education sector that is struggling to communicate its value to the public
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Canada makes permanent residency easier for overseas students
Immigration minister says changes will help highly skilled graduates to apply to stay in the country
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St Mary’s v-c: don’t retreat into communities following Brexit
Tony Blair's former private secretary points to personal benefits of European work as vital for continued success in global higher education