Tough treatment not response to favouritism jibes, regulator says
Signals suggest Australia’s regional universities could face a tough task in maintaining registration
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UK stands by hybrid journals in ‘read and publish’ Springer deal
Three-year agreement, valued at £9.6 million, excludes Springer Nature’s prestigious Nature-branded titles
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English’s dominance in research publication ‘far from complete’
Survey of non-native English-speakers suggests that, even in natural sciences, other languages play key roleÂ
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Elsevier’s Norway U-turn seen as attempt to stem cancellations
Some believe commercial pressure could finally be pushing the publisher to change how it deals with universities
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The week in higher education – 25 April 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Interview with Gabagh Kablou
The expert on ancient Syria was forced to flee his homeland – but has been able to continue his work thanks to a German scholarship
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Derek Burke, 1930-2019
Tributes paid to a leading biochemist who went on to become the third vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia
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What are you reading? – 25 April 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Letters – 25 April 2019
More or less, only graduates should pay In his article on the longitudinal education outcomes project, which he initiated when he was minister of state for universities and science (“You are what you...
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The Shadow of Unfairness: A Plebeian Theory of Liberal Democracy, by Jeffrey Edward Green
Lincoln Allison is unimpressed by an attempt to promote plebeianism as a political philosophy
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Chinese Thought from Confucius to Cook Ding, by Roel Sterckx
Jonathan Mirsky applauds an analysis that links age-old traditions of thought with politics today
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Books interview: Daniel Kennefick
The author of ‘No Shadow of a Doubt’ on a childhood love of fantasy and science fiction that inspired a career in physics
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The final chapter or the start of a new volume?
Perspectives on the state of English studies around the world reveal how disciplines are vulnerable to changes in society, policy and technology
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The Scholems: A Story of the German Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction, by Jay Howard Geller
Geoffrey Alderman considers the ambiguities of the synthesis between German and Jewish culture in the 19th and 20th centuries
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Revolution Remembered: Seditious Memories after the British Civil Wars, by Edward Legon
R.C. Richardson considers how the events of the 1640s and 1650s were recalled by the next generations