Q&A with Lord Puttnam
We speak to Lord Puttnam, the chair of Pearson College’s academic board
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USS reforms: income gap widens on redbrick v post-92 pensions
UCU warns that academics at older universities could be up to £21,000 a year worse off in retirement than those at newer institutions
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Poet joins professor in criticising University of Essex
Glyn Maxwell, whose departure follows Marina Warner’s exit, claims the importance of high-profile academics is ‘lost’ on Essex
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Liberal education: preparing students for life’s journey
With utilitarianism on the rise, we must reaffirm the value of the liberal arts, says Frank Furedi
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Interview: Hoarder or collector?
In his new book, Scott Herring aims to ‘depathologise’ hoarding. He talks to Matthew Reisz
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Graham Gibbs on teaching lecturers to teach
Could training schemes for teachers help to improve student learning? asks Graham Gibbs
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Academia then and now
Christopher Bigsby reflects on an age of innocence, sherry and tenure
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The Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon: Toward a Political History of Madness, by Laure Murat
Biancamaria Fontana on the tangled connections between historical events and mental illness
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QAA ‘no match’ for rapid change in higher education sector
Hefce move could signal the end of single regulatory body
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Salaries of high-earning professors to remain confidential
Tribunal ruling against pay transparency will not extend to senior managers at King’s College London
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University of Cambridge tops ‘Table of Tables’ for fourth year
The combined results of this year’s three main UK university league tables are in
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Eugenics: the academy's complicity
Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman on the long shadow cast by Francis Galton’s theory
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Union seeks clarity on Glyndwr/Bangor ‘merger’
UCU wants answers to questions about campus location and job losses if proposal goes ahead
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Do the social sciences need a shake-up?
Amanda Goodall and Andrew Oswald examine the state of the disciplines
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A Mooc that is a ‘replica of the campus version’
There is no dumbing down with a professor’s Caltech Parallel Session - how do campus and online students feel about the shared course?