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28 juin 2014

Mean Tweets, Academic Style

By Charlie Tyson. In the spirit of Jimmy Kimmel’s “Celebrities Read Mean Tweets,” a Canadian university’s student newspaper posted a video this week that features professors reading aloud unflattering reviews from the website Rate My Professors. Read more...

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28 juin 2014

Has higher education recreated the conditions that led to Sophistry's rise?

By Jonathan Wolff. In ancient Athens, reviews could make tutors' reputations and there was fierce competition between educators. Sound familiar? Of all the Ancient Greek traditions in philosophy, history has been least kind to the Sophists. Many people aspire to be Epicureans. Some are happy to be regarded as Stoics, if Stoics can be happy about anything. Cynics abound. Read more...

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28 juin 2014

English language tests inquiry declares thousands of results invalid

By Alan Travis. Home Office ministers suspend overseas student sponsorship licences of one university and 57 further education colleges. Read more...

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28 juin 2014

Students expect better jobs than they'll get, survey shows

By Kim Thomas. Most expect graduate-level work when they leave university – only half will find it. Read more...

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28 juin 2014

The crisis of student loans is real, no matter what pundits tell you

By David Dayen. A recent report downplays a generation's $1tn crisis, using misleading data on a problem shackling the economy at large. Read more...

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28 juin 2014

Open access is not enough on its own – data must be free too

By Susanna-Assunta Sansone. Academics have been encouraged to make their research freely available, but their data also needs to be open to scrutiny. Read more...

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28 juin 2014

Number of graduates from UK institutions employed by subject

By Sophie Warnes. 69% of EU and UK graduates who completed their first full-time degree in 2013 are employed either in the UK or abroad. Find out what they studied and what they went onto. Read more...

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28 juin 2014

The game of higher education – what's the best way to play it?

By Sharon Saunders and Steve Joy. Through self-leadership, early career academics can take control of their careers, be proactive and set their own goals. Leadership is something of a buzzword these days, a concept which has seeped into academia from the corporate world and seems to come in an unending array of flavours: academic, research, thought, moral, business, strategic, and so on. Read more...

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28 juin 2014

Disability is finally being included in debates about aid. About time too

By James Thornberry. DfID has promised to focus on disability, and it's not a moment too soon for the 800m disabled people in the developing world. Read more...

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28 juin 2014

EU students 'fail to repay record £40m in university loans'

By Graeme Paton. Figures from the Student Loans Company show that EU students are failing to repay almost £40m after borrowing money to study in England, with debts tripling in two years. Read more...

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