Reforms to the French university admission system have ushered in greater selectivity in an attempt to address high dropout rates. But without adequate filtering by family background, will this...
Barry Reay praises an interdisciplinary study that demolishes stereotypes of slavery, trafficking and exploitation
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Some research disciplines have their very own ‘Simon and Garfunkel’. Matthew Reisz talks to some of those whose close and enduring collaborations have convinced them that two voices are better than...
UK university leaders might be bullish on the subject of institutional failure but the divide between managers and staff needs serious redress
Book of the week: writers shine a light on the disturbing gap between human rights and realpolitik, finds Matthew Joseph
Ann Hughes visits a time when relationships with animals combined affection and pragmatism
Kristen R. Ghodsee learns how Western cultural products imported into the Soviet Union allowed people to travel in their imaginations, despite being physically restricted
Edward Said’s influential imperial critique, Alexander the Great’s long artistic afterlife, mosquitoes’ place in empire, and black activists’ efforts to ‘decolonise Britain’
Survey of more than 5,000 UK researchers finds about half keep working when they are unwell
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Supervision highlighted as a ‘big challenge’ in wake of study on doctoral educationÂ
Hyper-selective universities help create the outrageous arrogance of some politicians. A bit of randomness in the process could lead to more humble leaders, argues David Matthews