Ottoline Leyser: boost efforts to make science accessible for all
Head of UK Research & Innovation will urge scientists to help shed public view that research is an ‘elite and alien world inhabited by boffins’
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Attractive female academics ‘rated as better teachers’
Paper finds there is no correlation between perceived good looks and teaching effectiveness among male scholars
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Management academics should help executives solve their daily problems
Corporate leaders are uninterested in academic research but do respond when told there is a better way to conduct their business, says Oliver Sibony
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Universities claim stake in Perth city centre
Land swap paves way for new high-rise campus, as sprawl gives way to borderless city vibe
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The Fifth Wave: The Evolution of American Higher Education, by Michael Crow and William Dabars
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg has doubts about the wider applicability of the ideas of an innovative university president
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Public ‘largely ignorant’ of replication crisis in science
But far-right voters view the failure to reproduce results as reason not to trust science as a whole, unique survey data from Germany show
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No extension to New Zealand’s fee-free scheme
Experts say move against extending free tuition beyond freshers reflects underlying flaws in reform
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Georgia’s billionaire-backed university has high ambitions
Hopes are high for a new university in Georgia after it signed a partnership deal with Technical University of Munich
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Riding the waves of international student flow will not be easy
The UK, in particular, could find itself gasping for breath by 2024 if it does not take the currents into account, warns Louise Nicol
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Unsung female philosophers stake a claim in a book of their own
Editor of new collection showcases neglected major female thinkers going all the way back to ancient Greece and ancient China
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If universities really want to promote impact, they must work together
The modern university should be an honest broker who sets self-interest aside and works for the common good across all areas of its activity, says Sally Kift
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Students expect universities to do more on climate change
We must move away from small-scale mitigation efforts and think on a larger scale about how to radically revamp teaching and research, says Joy Carter
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Investors back universities’ fight for share of research profits
Legal proceedings over LED light bulbs could pave the way for more universities to claim royalties − and illuminates venture capital firms as potential allies
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THE Impact Rankings 2021: new methodology announced
We have published the methodology for the 2021 edition of the table, which makes it easier for postgraduate institutions to take part, says Duncan Ross
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Equality measures in universities need independent oversight
The readers’ editors employed by some quality newspapers offer a model for how to protect and promote universities’ core values, argues Priya Rajasekar