Grant winners – 23 June 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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University rankings: 15 ways to prick the bubbles of reputation
From pastoral care to one-to-ones with students, league tables overlook crucial aspects of a good campus, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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RIA members against Brexit
We support the UK’s continued membership of the European Union. We believe that within the global academic community, greater impact will be achieved by the Northern Ireland and other UK universities...
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Like others grow old
I realise that the Times Higher Education Letters section is mainly for opinionated academics to vent their idiosyncratic views on world affairs, and you don’t normally answer queries. But I have a...
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UCU best bar none
Those on the University and College Union equality committee who have decided to bar people who do not have a “protected characteristic” from attending its equality conference ought to read the law...
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Just a number?
I enjoyed the piece on doctoral supervisors having to adapt to new power dynamics, especially when they are younger than their students (“Do academics need a ‘split personality’ to teach older PhDs...
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Academic reputations: will the TEF be a game changer?
The exercise has the potential to shake up the current hierarchy and will be judged on whether it revises how firms and students view universities
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Asia Universities Summit: ‘China no longer just following West’
Shanghai Jiao Tong University a model of how China’s universities can transform and put innovation first, says president
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Cracking the glass ceiling: paper aims to guide women to the top
Progressing from junior faculty to tenured professor is extremely difficult, but following ‘action-oriented’ competencies can help, research suggests
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Brexit would be a victory for those who distrust academics
But universities are not entirely blameless for leave supporters' distrust - academics' liberal and left-wing tendencies verge on conformity, says David Matthews
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Asia Universities Summit: KAUST head heralds 'amazing progress'
Jean-Lou Chameau says new institution has established 'remarkable' research record since opening and has not been influenced by Saudi Arabian cultural issues
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A tale of two campuses: US public universities recruiting more out-of-state students
There have been radically different responses to Massachusetts’ and Maine’s attempts to bring in students from further afield, explains Howard Segal