#FieldworkFail: Twitter users share their research mishaps
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National Student Survey 2015: how it affects academics
Some managers take a punitive attitude to academics as a result of the NSS, finds Jo Frankham
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The changing face of the clearing process
The scramble for places is no longer about courses and universities that nobody else wants, writes Matthew Andrews
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University managerialism ‘can boost academic freedom’
Choice between overarching managers and collegiality in universities a false choice, study suggests
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Canterbury Christ Church vice-chancellor is new HEA chair
Rama Thirunamachandran to lead sector body while teaching excellence tops the political agenda
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GCSE results day: why it matters to universities
GCSE results will become more relevant to the higher education sector as A-level reforms are implemented, says Ross Renton
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Chris Marshall, 1949-2015
A researcher who made a major contribution to our understanding of cancer – and paved the way for several new classes of drug – has died
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Q&A with Lady Frances Sorrell
We talk to the new chancellor of the University of Westminster
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Doing it themselves: the rebuilding of Somalia’s higher education sector
The ineffectiveness of the Mogadishu government is not stopping university leaders from trying to drive up standards
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University of Warwick’s WMG builds UK’s skills base to boost manufacturing
Industry-focused offshoot with Jaguar Land Rover link offers teaching from school to manager level
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PhDs from overseas: the rocky road to success for students and supervisors
Cultural differences can complicate relationships between international doctoral students and supervisors, Jack Grove hears
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Which universities are the most innovative?
Ellie Bothwell introduces our four ‘innovation indicators’ and reveals the strongest performers as we visualise a new ranking based on university-industry collaboration
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Why I should be free to cause offence
Lincoln Allison argues that it is becoming harder for academics to share controversial ideas
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Gemma Bovery, directed by Anne Fontaine
Despite many attempts, Gustave Flaubert’s tale of adultery remains resistant to adaptation, says Philip Kemp
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SlutWalk: Feminism, Activism and Media, by Kaitlynn Mendes
Emma Rees on the social networking origins of a 21st-century political movement