Impact of Stern REF review assessed
Re “Stern aims for lower REF workload, more ‘game-changing’ research” (28 July). As someone doing good research, this is how I read the recommendations of Lord Stern’s Review of the UK’s Research...
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Private positives
I would argue that the disappointing letter “Private ventures ripe for failure” (28 July) is backwards-looking and self-protectionist. It is an unreasoned attack on the alternative provider sector in...
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Beyond training
Re “The vocational alternative: a definitive opportunity for universities?” (31 July) How often do we have to read of universities’ failure to “equip” young people for work when their brief is to “...
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Help, don’t snark
Academic writing is an easy target: there’s so much of it, and not all of it is good. Understanding and detailing good practice is much harder to do. Zachary Foster’s list of bad writing tics (“How...
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Stern review: research ructions and reality
Unease over the suggestion to tie work to universities overlooks the reality that the REF is an institutional review
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University of Hull v-c to stand down
Calie Pistorius, who has led the institution for just under a decade, is looking forward to his ‘next opportunity and role’
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New group aims to increase female leadership in Europe
Despite a long history of trailblazing female academics, Europe's academy is making slow progress in promoting more women to senior roles, says lobby group
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UCLA chancellor: budgets and racial diversity biggest challenges
Tuition rises have left middle classes ‘slammed’, and low African American enrolments can cause tensions, warns Gene Block
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Could accepting a Poppleton view of the campus build bridges?
Academics and administrators can learn to cooperate better if they are willing to acknowledge their stereotypes about each other
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That’s just weird!
Matthew Reisz wanders down some of the odder byways of the university scene
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What’s in a name?
The tricks and teases academics use to entice their readers: clichés, the Bard and the phrases of the moment
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Skills policy is failing – it’s time for a new approach
John Denham, former secretary of state for universities, innovation and skills, on the case for rethinking the supply-side strategy