Where are the ethics in academic publishing?
Ronald Barnett offers suggestions on how to conduct journal reviews with integrity
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John Curtice: universities should stay out of Brexit political fray
Strathclyde pollster says taking a side during the run-up to the referendum made institutions seem out of touch with the general population
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Universities UK reform ‘long overdue’, says Essex v-c
Anthony Forster says sector organisation should represent higher education institutions, not just their leaders
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Addressing the heart of Horizon Europe’s participation problem
Increasing involvement among the EU13 states requires not just money but fostering leadership capacity among researchers and national determination, argues Jan Palmowski
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To decolonise curricula, academics must decolonise their minds
Former Johannesburg vice-chancellor Ihron Rensburg says academics must critically engage with their own assumptions
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THE Awards 2018: winners announced
Awards presented in 18 categories to recognise outstanding contributions to UK higher education
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Sector reviews ‘once in a generation’ moment for Australian HE
As reviews pile on reviews, academics urged to get on board
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Impact of online education expansion ‘muted’
Hyped technology has delivered mixed access benefits, minor cost reduction and poor quality, conference hears
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Universities ‘super-careful’ on Brexit after charity warning
UUK debated whether to back second referendum, but that is ‘very difficult to do’, says Cardiff v-c
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Top US technology universities lose ground in computer science and engineering
The University of Oxford now leads ÌÇÐÄVlog’s two technology-focused subject rankings
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Imperial Boredom: Monotony and the British Empire, by Jeffrey A. Auerbach
Joanna Lewis is fascinated by a study of imperial tedium, but finds it missing some key discussions
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A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism, by Paul Hanebrink
Geoffrey Alderman visits a time when truth did not matter in the face of dogma, and myth and conspiracy fed easily into racist rhetoric
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What are you reading? – 29 November 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence, by Kristen R. Ghodsee
Book of the week: state socialist countries offered securities that gave women sexual freedom, finds Lynne Segal
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IQ: are genetic tests for intelligence scientific?
IQ tests are conceptually muddled measures of learned knowledge, self-confidence and social background, says Kenneth Richardson