How to ask an end-of-interview question
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Theresa May announces £2 billion boost for UK research
The UK government will invest an extra £2 billion per year in research and development by 2020, Prime Minister Theresa May has announced at the Confederation of British Industry’s annual conference.
Trump election sparks increased interest in Canadian universities
The number of Americans looking to study or work in Canada rose sharply after Donald Trump was elected as the next US president.
‘Over a quarter’ of UK universities divest from fossil fuels
The number of UK higher education institutions vowing to exclude fossil fuel from investments has grown to 43, according to research conducted by student campaign network People & Planet.
Genders ‘deal with academic delusions differently’
Men in academia are at a higher risk of anxiety, depression and burnout from “impostor syndrome” than their female peers, according to a new study.
Academic criticises reviewers after five-year delay to paper
An academic who battled for almost five years to get his research into a journal has spoken out about the problems with publishing interdisciplinary science.
‘Slow road’ to diversity for medical faculty
The diversity of professors in the basic science departments of US medical schools is unlikely to change in the next 60 years, according to research.
The end of ownership: Personal property in the digital economy
From the black stuff to books, who gets the goods in a sharing and streaming era?
Stop investing in arms trade, university pension fund is told
Academics are calling on the UK university sector’s main pension provider to sell its stake in a controversial arms manufacturer that has profited from selling cluster bombs ...
Prepare students ‘to fail’ so they can learn, report suggests
Telling students they will have to fail in order to learn, which will involve academics making “fundamental changes to how they teach”, is one of the key findings of a new report into teaching and learning innovation.
