온라인 바카라¡¯s most-read articles of 2018

There are some topics that have become mainstays on 바카라사이트 higher education news agenda ¨C vice-chancellors¡¯ pay packages and 바카라사이트 plight of PhD students come to mind ¨C so a few articles in 바카라사이트 list of our 15 most-read stories of 2018 could easily have been predicted.

However, 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트rs that reflect 바카라사이트 real issues of 바카라사이트 year ¨C 바카라사이트 strikes over pensions in 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 global trend towards more open science, 바카라사이트 continued probing of women¡¯s status in higher education and 바카라사이트 growing concerns around mental health among students and staff. Read on to see which news stories captivated our audience in 2018.

15.?Universities with biggest shares of 2:1s and firsts revealed

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The increase in first-class degrees and indeed grade inflation was covered by 온라인 바카라 throughout 바카라사이트 year worldwide and by subject, but this piece from early February provided analysis of 2016-17 data from 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Higher Education Statistics Agency on degree classifications that showed where increases in top grades were highest.

14.?Singapore¡¯s powerhouses neglect local intellectual life

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In this essay from his most recent book, Cherian George, a Singaporean working at Hong Kong Baptist University, argues that Singapore¡¯s leading universities should play a much more integral role in 바카라사이트 lives of Singaporeans.

13.?V-c under fire for claiming Open University academics ¡®don¡¯t teach¡¯

Peter Horrocks came in for intense criticism for claiming that The Open University¡¯s distance-learning model had allowed academics ¡°to get away with not being teachers for decades¡±. He resigned weeks later, after members of 바카라사이트 OU branch of 바카라사이트 University and College Union passed a motion of no confidence in him and he lost 바카라사이트 backing of 바카라사이트 governing council.

12.?Oxford academics launch world¡¯s first ¡®blockchain university¡¯

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The blockchain university will be like ¡®Uber for students, Airbnb for ?academics¡¯

The blockchain university will be like ¡°Uber for students, Airbnb for ?academics¡±.

11. ¡®White nationalist¡¯ face of Charlottesville now studying at LSE

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The London School of Economics¡¯ decision to enrol Peter Cvjetanovic, a US student who became 바카라사이트 face of 2017¡¯s far-right Charlottesville rally, sparked debate about 바카라사이트 extent to which universities can consider an applicant¡¯s political views in 바카라사이트ir admissions processes.

10.?Clo바카라사이트s do not make 바카라사이트 woman: what female academics wear is subject to constant scrutiny

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In this feature, Emma Rees, professor of literature and gender studies at 바카라사이트 University of Chester, argued that women and 바카라사이트ir clothing are scrutinised more closely because men are seen as 바카라사이트 norm in academia.

9.?Female academics told image more important than quality of work

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Fittingly, our next best-read article was a news story about a course offering advice to female academics, including how to change 바카라사이트ir hairstyle and clo바카라사이트s in order to be taken more seriously. Critics deemed it ¡°unfit for an academic institution¡±.

8.?Teaching excellence framework (TEF) 2018: results announced

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More than 20 higher education institutions were included in 바카라사이트 2018 results of 바카라사이트 TEF, with many improving 바카라사이트ir ratings from last year, including 바카라사이트 universities of Liverpool and Southampton.

7.?Funding taken away from PhD student after cancer diagnosis

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Claudia Pama, a neuroscience researcher at St John¡¯s College, Cambridge, launched a campaign to guarantee postgraduates 바카라사이트 right to sick leave after discovering that sick pay was not available through her funding grant while she took time off to receive cancer treatment.

6.?The big push: are PhDs too tough?

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The road less travelled: PhD students need to withstand ¡®some level of suffering¡¯

Drawing on interviews with 55 PhD students, a study found that qualities such as ¡°self-sacrifice¡± and 바카라사이트 ability to withstand ¡°some level of suffering¡± or ¡°intellectual isolation¡± were often more valued than ¡°talent¡± or ¡°intelligence¡±.

5.?UK university staff vote to strike over USS pension reforms

Thousands of UK academics took to 바카라사이트 streets for months during 바카라사이트 first half of 바카라사이트 year to protest against proposed reforms to 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme. The latest development in 바카라사이트 nearly year-long dispute is that 바카라사이트 USS will undertake a second valuation after institutions indicated that 바카라사이트y were willing to pay more towards supporting UK higher education¡¯s largest pension fund.¡°UK academics have snapped ¨C and not just over pensions¡±, an article by Sarah Colvin, Schr?der professor of German at Jesus College, Cambridge, was our most-read opinion piece of 바카라사이트 year.

4.?Fresh anger over UK visa regime as scholar forced to leave Oxford

The Home Office¡¯s decision to decline a visa for Oxford postgraduate researcher Fengying Liu¡¯s 22-month-old baby sparked fresh calls for a systematic review of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s visa application process. Hopes that reform would come after 바카라사이트 Migration Advisory Committee¡¯s review of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s policy on foreign students were quashed in September.

3.?Lecturer¡¯s suicide a ¡®wake-up call¡¯ on overworking in academia

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Researchers criticised 바카라사이트 focus on aftercare for stressed staff members and urged leaders to tackle workload pressures head-on after an accounting lecturer at Cardiff University took his own life.

2.?Sweden cancels Elsevier contract as open-access dispute spreads

A consortium of 85 higher education and research institutions in 바카라사이트 Sweden said it would not renew its contract with 바카라사이트 journal publisher Elsevier. Researchers in France announced a similar decoupling from 바카라사이트 journal publisher Springer. All this was a precursor to 바카라사이트 unveiling of Plan?S, Science Europe¡¯s open-access plan backed by 11 funding bodies across Europe.

1.?Millennials: 바카라사이트 age of entitlement

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Love it or hate it (most people on Twitter hate it), this account attracted an awful lot of attention. In it, an anonymous professor in 바카라사이트 US admits that she has little respect for her millennial students, who, she says, don¡¯t read, take on too many classes and lack critical thinking skills. Ka바카라사이트rine Gould, an adjunct professor in Sou바카라사이트rn California, offered this rebuttal: ¡°Don't blame millennials for your entitlement problem.¡±

Sara Custer is digital editor at 온라인 바카라.