Academic double standards: freedom for lecturers, compliance for students
Bruce Macfarlane on the hypocrisy of academics who help to monitor students in ways they themselves never were
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‘Getting things done’: it’s overrated
Scholarship is about valuing things that can’t be counted and shouldn’t be rushed, says Adam Benjamin Smith
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Stuck in clearing limbo
After one exam mark scuppered his daughter’s university plans, Hans van Mourik Broekman joined those calling for admissions reform
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In the shadow of Erdogan
I was very interested to read your article about Turkish academics seeking asylum in the West and I thank you for it (“Turkey’s purge of academia leads to record asylum requests”, News, 16 September...
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The social good
The decision by senior managers at Queen’s-University Belfast to close its single honours degree in sociology is an abdication of the university’s responsibility to offer students in Northern Ireland...
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Part-time troubles
I wonder if any other part-time lecturers have had my recent experience. Last May, I was delighted when a college of the University of London accepted my proposal to teach a third-year undergraduate...
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On the scrapheap
Lord Mandelson questions how the cost of scrapping tuition fees would be funded. “By spending less on health or housing?” he answers rhetorically (“Peter Mandelson: Brexit an ‘act of self-harm’ that...
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Grant winners – 29 September 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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When scandals hit science
The world judges in black and white and only strict adherence to principle can regain the public’s trust
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THE World Academic Summit 2017 to take place at King’s College London
Times Higher Education’s flagship event will be hosted in partnership with the London university
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Teaching students facts ‘no longer critical’ in internet age
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman tells THE World Academic Summit that universities should focus on teaching undergraduates how to discern truth
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World University Rankings 2016-2017 by subject: arts and humanities methodology
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-2017 arts and humanities subject ranking includes narrower subject areas. The list of subjects used to create this ranking is: Art,...