Managers need basic lessons in leadership
聽In the feature 鈥淟eading lights鈥 (4 May), Agnes B盲ker and Amanda Goodall make an excellent and spot-on argument that the best academics make the best heads of department, which applies even higher up...
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Allan Mills, 1933-2017
Planetary scientist whose sculptures can be found across the University of Leicester鈥檚 campus is remembered
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Attrition is a price worth paying for an open university system
Australian policymakers have moved to link funding to student retention. But they must accept that聽desirable trends don鈥檛 all arise in perfect harmony, says Andrew Norton
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American Girls in Red Russia: Chasing the Soviet Dream, by Julia Mickenberg
Book of the week: Modern feminism can learn much from the women who visited revolutionary Russia, says Lara Douds
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Rise in universities prioritising style over scholarly substance
Students are being hoodwinked into enrolling on 鈥榯rendy鈥 new degree programmes that are, according to one concerned academic, little more than a marketing exercise
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Books interview: Zeynep Tufekci
The author reminisces about the power of reading, the kindness of shopkeepers and the importance of protest
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What are you reading? 鈥 11 May 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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You can鈥檛 cure students鈥 ills by typing on your computer
Being required to document interactions with troubled students in customer relations management systems is just a distraction from addressing their problems, says Susan D鈥橝gostino
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The Dalai Lama controversy highlights the absurdity of safe space demands
Chinese students鈥 calls for the Tibetan leader to be barred from speaking at the聽University of California, San Diego show a flawed conception of accommodation and respect, says Ben Medeiros聽
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The week in higher education 鈥 11 May 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 11 May 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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Grant winners 鈥 11 May 2017
This week's round-up of聽academics awarded research council funding