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Rank hypocrisy – how universities betray their promises on responsible research assessment

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It it is time for universities to stop the nonsense of participating in flawed research rankings exercises, argue Paul Ashwin and Derek Heim The post Rank hypocrisy – how universities betray their promises on responsible research assessment appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Helping students means taking university staff wellbeing seriously

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Drawing on the findings of a pan-European study on mental health in universities, Kate Lister calls for more robust policy and practice frameworks to enable wellbeing support for university staff The post Helping students means taking university staff wellbeing seriously appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The university after securonomics

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David Kernohan has been listening to the Shadow Chancellor The post The university after securonomics appeared first on Wonkhe. What if we funded higher education as if it was infrastructure?

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Universities as social and cultural infrastructure

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Seeing universities through the lens of social and cultural infrastructure raises important questions for how they engage with their local communities. Nicola Berkley makes the case The post Universities as social and cultural infrastructure appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Free advice to university rankers

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University rankings need to change to be relevant and useful to today's diverse world of higher education. Elizabeth Gadd offers some friendly advice The post Free advice to university rankers appeared first on Wonkhe.

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To win the funding argument universities need to explain where the money goes

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Dani Payne argues that however much funding has fallen in real terms, universities need to better account for public investment for lobbying on sector finances to be successful The post To win the funding argument universities need to explain where the money goes appeared first on Wonkhe.

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UK universities are walking away from fossil fuel financing

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Zak Coleman explains why universities are threatening to walk away from the banks financing the catastrophic climate impacts of the fossil fuel industry The post UK universities are walking away from fossil fuel financing appeared first on Wonkhe.