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  1. Early viewing advisable

    I am shocked to hear of the poverty of accommodation, valued at a miserly £16,000 a year, offered to the president of Imperial College London by his employer (“Premium rate numbers”, Features, 2...

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  2. Dressing up a scapegoat

    The used-clothing industry is not hidden (Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes, by Andrew Brooks, Books, 9 April). There have been various television, radio and...

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  3. Equality comes from within

    Scottish universities committing to gender balance on their governing boards is a step in the right direction (“Scottish universities make board gender balance pledge”, 9 April). However, it is...

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  4. Paying the piper

    Nick Hillman notes that “since students and lecturers are facing larger class sizes…they should be asking where all those £9,000 fees are going” (“Workloads heavier in £9K fees era, say scholars”,...

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  5. Journal of feasibility

    In response to Aileen Fyfe’s comments, there is an example of a scientific journal successfully forgoing large profits (“Publish and be poor: journals shouldn’t just be about money”, Opinion, 9 April...

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  6. Free speech or just abuse?

    My friend Geoffrey Alderman and I agree on most things, but on the matter of his academic freedom and the mock-academic conference on Israel’s right to exist at the University of Southampton, I have...

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  7. Quality evaluations

    How much do student evaluations of the quality of academic staff in universities reflect the quality of academic research? The data from the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2015...

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  8. No way to manage tragedy

    So the death of Stefan Grimm may not have been prevented even “if revised policies on performance management had been in place” (“New policy may not have prevented Imperial scholar’s suicide, inquest...

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  9. The week in higher education – 16 April 2015

    As their loans rack up and house prices spiral, today’s university students could be forgiven for doubting that they will ever own their own homes. But at least they have the edge on their parents...

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  10. A change for the better

    Research reveals that sabbaticals boost productivity – but be sure not to take work phone calls or check the email

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  11. Nothing to laugh about!

    Source: GettyOur Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has roundly criticised all those members of the Poppleton academic staff who have responded to the new University of Warwick “Tone of...

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  12. Publishers share £10m in APC payments

    Publishers Elsevier and Wiley have each received about £2 million in article processing charges from 55 institutions as a result of RCUK's open access policy

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