In the shadow of Erdogan
I was very interested to read your article about Turkish academics seeking asylum in the West and I thank you for it (鈥淭urkey鈥檚 purge of academia leads to record asylum requests鈥, News, 16 September...
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The social good
The decision by senior managers at Queen鈥檚-University Belfast to close its single honours degree in sociology is an abdication of the university鈥檚 responsibility to offer students in Northern Ireland...
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Part-time troubles
I wonder if any other part-time lecturers have had my recent experience. Last May, I was delighted when a college of the University of London accepted my proposal to teach a third-year undergraduate...
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On the scrapheap
Lord Mandelson questions how the cost of scrapping tuition fees would be funded. 鈥淏y spending less on health or housing?鈥 he answers rhetorically (鈥淧eter Mandelson: Brexit an 鈥榓ct of self-harm鈥 that...
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Grant winners 鈥 29 September 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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When scandals hit science
The world judges in black and white and only strict adherence to principle can regain the public鈥檚 trust
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Interview with Beno卯t Peeters
We speak to聽Herg茅 biographer聽Beno卯t Peeters about the growing acceptance of graphic novels as a serious literary genre, the rich history of francophone comics and his favourite Tintin books
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Jim Port, 1948-2016
A management consultant whose many studies of the sector gained him an OBE in higher education has died
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Why are academic papers rejected by journals?
Academic journal editor-turned-lecturer Hilary Hamnett explains the most common reasons why papers are rejected
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Mature students 'do better with non-written assessment'
Academic attainment of disadvantaged students can be improved if they can decide how they are assessed, study claims
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How work and family life conflict in the modern university
Academic science still operates on assumptions that have failed to catch up with the realities of today鈥檚 family lives, argue scholars
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Capital Without Borders: Wealth Managers and the One Percent, by Brooke Harrington
Richard Murphy is enthralled by an insider鈥檚 story of a secretive profession that intensifies inequality
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The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, 1917-1923, by Robert Gerwarth
A.鈥塛. Purdue on the suffering of populations of multi-ethnic empires in the years after the Great War