Universities ‘contribute little to generic skill development’
Schools take credit for majority of literacy and numeracy development
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External examiners ‘need more support on standards’
Conference on grade inflation told ‘systematic’ change is needed
Academic on 10th fixed-term contract fights for permanency
More than 1,200 people sign letter supporting Feyzi Ismail in her dispute with SOAS University of London
Should the ideals of the Floating University set sail once more?
Ostensibly unsuccessful educational experiment still has important lessons for us today, claims historian
US university enrolment drops for eighth year
Declines heaviest among small colleges, men, and states of Florida and Illinois
Open access: Plan S launch delayed until 2021
Consultation responses had called for start of mandate to be pushed back from January 2020
More universities using peer observation to assess teaching
Reflecting concern about validity of student evaluations, Australian institutions following North American and European move towards greater use of observations
Journal transparency rules to help scholars pick where to publish
Next step of Plan S will require publishers to release acceptance rates and review times
Plan U: funders urged to mandate immediate preprint publication
Shifting towards open access journals will only achieve so much when review and editing processes take so long, scientists say
