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What’s happened to sabbatical leave for academics?

By The Guardian Higher Education Network | Published: October 14, 2011
This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Tamson Pietsch In 1931 Arthur Currie, the principal of McGill University in Montreal, dismissed sabbatical leave as unnecessary and extravagant. “Seeing that our summer vacations are so long,” he wrote. “The need of a sabbatical year does not arise to the same extent [...]

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Protecting research degrees: why we must continue to train PhD students

By The Guardian Higher Education Network | Published: August 9, 2011
This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Paul Wellings At around this time of year, at least in the northern hemisphere, we gather to celebrate the achievements of our graduands. Some students leave university to go straight into the workforce, others are looking to secure fast-track jobs in a difficult [...]

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Posted in Featured, Higher Education Reform | 1 Comment

Are we sleepwalking into the US higher education system’s mistakes?

By The Guardian Higher Education Network | Published: August 1, 2011
This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Patrick McGhee As a busy vice-chancellor I cherish those moments when I can take a break and catch forty winks – a lazy Sunday afternoon under a spreading oak tree, resting on a beach in the Mediterranean or during Matters Arising at the [...]

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Specialisation is back on the HE agenda, but not for the first time

By The Guardian Higher Education Network | Published: July 12, 2011
This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Tamson Pietsch In June results were released of the pilot study for U-Multirank, the European Commission funded new universities benchmarking tool. Contending that existing rankings are too exclusively orientated towards research, it instead aims to make comparisons based on the stated interests and [...]

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Why academics should learn how to influence government policy

By The Guardian Higher Education Network | Published: June 9, 2011
This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Chris O’Brien Back in 2008, a report by the Council for Science and Technology said “healthy engagement between academics and policymakers is essential to the provision of informed, evidence-based, world-class policymaking”. But it is only in the past few months that the debate [...]

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