What are you reading? 鈥 24 August 2017
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The state of higher education in Hungary
With the Hungarian government clamping down on universities and championing labourers over philosophers, David Matthews meets those living with the consequences
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The Many Deaths of Jew S眉ss: The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew, by Yair Mintzker
Book of the week: Bryan Cheyette straddles truth and fiction in observer accounts of anti-Semitic persecution
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New and noteworthy 鈥 24 August 2017
Gender still matters, even for Angela Merkel; the future of education and Moocs; religion and terrorism; sports fandom; and the rise of the coroner
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Scholarly memorabilia: which item in your office would you save from a fire?
Scholars divulge which treasured possession they would rescue from their office before heading for the emergency exit if a fire broke out on campus
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Too tight a grip will choke successful institutions
Creeping political interference in universities, from the UK to Hungary and the US, is part of a worrying shift in attitudes towards higher education
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Crumbs of comfort on the beach
Emma Rees shares her holiday diary from the dunes
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Are football courses on the right pitch?
While Tere Daly鈥檚 opinion article on the value of courses such as football studies is heart-warming, are these really the types of courses that should be provided by universities (鈥淎 response to Nick...
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Build a social life
I believe that it is actually very healthy and productive for academics to use social media and to avoid focusing on one thing for an extended time (鈥淒o we have to聽tweet?鈥, Opinion, 17 August). The...
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Happy returns
Recently, the vice-chancellor of a large London-based university attempted [on BBC Radio 4鈥檚 Today programme] to justify an undergraduate tuition fee of 拢9,250 by arguing that the university needed...
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Misplaced anger
I鈥檓 not sure why Andrew McRae thinks that students at those universities that did not receive sufficient National Student Survey responses to make the ranking should be 鈥渂loody angry鈥 (鈥淪abotaged NSS...
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State of the uni
Having joined academia after a career in industry, I am shocked about the ludicrous amount of paperwork (鈥淚 quit! Why I am leaving UK academia鈥, Opinion, 25 July, www.timeshighereducation.com). A few...