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31 juillet 2015

Science, values and the limits of measurement

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifByCameron Neylon. Metrics play a growing role in managing research. But to understand their limitations, we need to draw on the humanities. More...

31 juillet 2015

Is general studies a waste of time?

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifBy. A student blogger speaks to sixth formers to find out if any of them can see the point of general studies. More...

31 juillet 2015

Academics concerned over 'exploitative' global research partnerships

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifBy. Lumbered with the legwork without a proper say, scientists from developing countries want more recognition from international collaborations. More...

31 juillet 2015

Higher education in Africa: Race is an invention

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifByCrain Soudien. A university should help us understand what it means to be a human being, argues outgoing University of Cape Town deputy vice-chancellor Crain Soudien. More...

31 juillet 2015

Want to know what makes people tick? Study social science

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifBy. To improve the way we live, we have to understand how societies are built. More...

31 juillet 2015

Jeremy Corbyn announces £10bn plan to scrap university tuition fees

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifBy. Labour leadership candidate says plan can be funded either by a rise in national insurance, a higher corporation tax, or by slowing the deficit reduction. More...

31 juillet 2015

Bored of party politics on campus? Think about thinktanks

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifBy. Getting involved in a university thinktank is a great way to attempt to shape policy – both on campus and in wider society. More...

31 juillet 2015

Should PhD students be classed as employees?

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifBy. Two early-career researchers go head-to-head to argue for and against defining PhD candidates as fully-fledged university employees. More...

31 juillet 2015

Universities will be allowed to host extremist speakers – within limits

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifBy. External speakers at campuses must share platform with opponents under compromise on government’s Prevent counter-extremism strategy. More...

31 juillet 2015

Baroness Amos: I was taken aback when I found out I was the first black female head of a university

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifBy. The honour Baroness Amos feels as she prepares to take over a top London college is tempered by dismay that only 85 out of 18,500 UK professors are black. More...

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