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Young people from the wealthiest families across England are 11 times more likely to enter a university requiring high entry grades, the most academically selective, than those from the most disadvantaged. | ||
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2013-02-10 06:37:43 'Academia is a very well kept secret' | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional | ||
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...career-researchers-phd-academia | ||
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Very early in my doctoral journey, I was fortunate to ex... moment when you know the decision you have made was the ... with the realisation that I was being paid, not very muc... nonetheless funded, to sit down every day, to read, thin... | ||
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2013-02-09 14:02:46 An academic press sues a librarian, raising issues of academic freedom | Inside Higher Ed | ||
http://www.insidehighered.com/...issues-academic-freedom#... | ||
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Librarian questions quality of a publishing house. Libra... criticizes said press on his personal blog. Two years la... current employer get sued for libel and damages in exces... | ||
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2016-12-06 14:35:42 Author discusses new book, 'The Uberfication of the University' | ||
https://www.insidehighered.com/...ok-uberfication-university | ||
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Author discusses new book on the relationship between th... and the erosion of faculty rights. | ||
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2013-02-07 09:18:14 BBC News - Postgraduate courses 'social mobility barrier' | ||
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2012-08-02 22:23:55 BBC News - Universities contribute £3.3bn to UK economy | ||
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Universities contributed £3.3bn to the UK economy in th... | ||
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2014-03-08 14:05:07 Dark thoughts: why mental illness is on the rise in academia | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional | ||
http://www.theguardian.com/...ng-problem-pressure-university | ||
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But while anecdotal accounts multiply, mental health iss... little-researched and hard data is thin on the ground. | ||
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2013-02-12 08:47:55 Don't scare students off philosophy | Education | guardian.co.uk | ||
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...t-scare-students-off-philosophy | ||
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Welcome to the real legacy of the coalition's fee rises:... mere consumers of an educational product, paying to rece... in a subject that the government is gambling on to provi... our job market will demand in years to come. Meanwhile u... into soulle | ||
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2014-03-06 07:34:03 Essay on why faculty members work so much | Inside Higher Ed | ||
http://www.insidehighered.com/...ty-members-work-so-much#... | ||
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Why do academics work so much? | ||
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2012-07-23 11:45:06 Is Queen Mary University of London trying to commit scientific suicide? | ||
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Academic staff are going to be fired at Queen Mary Unive... (QMUL). It’s possible that universities may have to co... hard times, so what’s wrong? | ||
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2012-07-25 10:15:41 On Leaving Academia « Ars Experientia | ||
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As almost everybody knows at this point, I have resigned... University of New Mexico. Effective this July, I am wor... their Cambridge (MA) offices. | ||
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2013-01-23 08:56:24 Skepticism About Tenure, MOOCs and the Presidency: A Survey of Provosts | Inside Higher Ed | ||
http://www.insidehighered.com/...-presidency-survey-provosts | ||
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Today's provosts are a skeptical lot. That may come with... they must constantly prioritize some ideas (and some peo... others -- tasks that are never easy and have been made m... the economic downturn. | ||
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2015-04-23 09:44:09 Student Course Evaluations Get An 'F' : NPR Ed : NPR | ||
http://www.npr.org/bl.../student-course-evaluations-get-an-f | ||
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In universities around the world, semesters end with stu... similar surveys about their experience in the class and ... teacher. | ||
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2013-02-09 13:56:19 The Decision to Leave Academia: A Dialogue with Chris Humphrey of Jobs on Toast | The Professor Is In | ||
http://theprofessorisin.com/...s-humphreys-of-jobs-on-toast/ | ||
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A few weeks ago I discontinued (temporarily, I hope) my ... consultations, particularly those related to the fraught... whether or not to leave academia. I discontinued these ... dealing with a health issue that, while thankfully not s... | ||
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2013-12-20 19:23:55 The university professor who stood up against dumbing down of degrees - Telegraph | ||
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...t-dumbing-down-of-degrees.html | ||
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Paul Buckland refused to pass students who didn't unders... archaeology - and he's just one of many academics under ... the marks of undeserving students. So will Buckland's le... the destruction of standards in some universities, asks ... | ||
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2014-03-06 07:30:43 There is a culture of acceptance around mental health issues in academia | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional | ||
http://www.theguardian.com/...-issue-phd-research-university | ||
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I've seen PhD students with depression, sleep issues, ea... thoughts of suicide. Mental health in academia is an iss... addressed | ||
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2014-06-14 12:34:04 Universities in the United Kingdom - Times Higher Education | ||
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2012-07-26 18:06:46 University memes | ||
http://www.theage.com.au/...ty-memes-20120717-2277p.html?... | ||
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2012-07-31 08:19:29 We're Muddying the Message on Study Abroad - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education | ||
http://chronicle.com/article/Were-Muddying-the-Me.../133211/ | ||
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2013-03-11 08:56:05 World University Rankings 2012-2013 | ||
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world.../world-ranking | ||
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The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 201... Thomson Reuters are the only global university performan... world class universities across all of their core missio... research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. ... universitie | ||
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