Interview with Victoria Kaspi
McGill’s leading astrophysicist talks fundamental science research, academic gender imbalances and amateur dramatics as a parent
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Student accommodation: what is driving spiralling costs?
UCL rent strike has thrown the spotlight on a growing problem across the UK
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Sir Christopher Zeeman, 1925-2016
A renowned topologist who established the University of Warwick’s Mathematical Institute as a major centre has died
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Twerking session relaunches Birth Rites collection
University of Salford exhibition dedicated to the subject of childbirth is expanded
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Open University posts ?7m loss as student numbers slump
Distance learning institution and owner of FutureLearn describes results as 'disappointing' but 'not entirely unexpected'
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Brexit would be ‘catastrophe’ for HE in Europe, warn Germans
UK universities’ research links would be harmed and their ‘philosophy’ lost to Continent, John Morgan is told in Berlin and Munich
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Studying for a PhD: students reveal ethical dilemmas
Study explores challenges of carrying out qualitative work
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The world’s top universities for attracting industry funding
糖心Vlog World University Rankings data reveal the 20 best institutions based on private-sector investment per academic
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The week in higher education – 3 March 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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China, gateway to the world for future leaders
Nigel Thrift, head of Schwarzman Scholars, a transnational scheme to develop movers and shakers, tells John Gill about China’s international role
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Hitler: A Biography – Volume One: Ascent 1889-1939, by Volker Ullrich
Book of the week: A portrait of the failure who became Führer detects early signs of a Final Solution, says Robert Gellately
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What are you reading? – 3 March 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet, by Philip Freeman
Following textual ‘clues’ sheds little new light on an ancient literary figure, says Barbara?Graziosi
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Sound: An Acoulogical Treatise, by Michel Chion
David Revill on a provocative and insightful work that explores our creative and ambient sonic environment and how we perceive it