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Academics explore enduring icons of the screen
New book considers why some stars burn out and others continue to shine
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Intersectionality: ‘the most exciting theory in the world’
Can intersectionality help transform policymaking or does it offer only an alienating new jargon?
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University of Melbourne v-c backs uncapped fees for some degrees
Glyn Davis was ‘reluctant supporter’ of full fee deregulation, dropped ahead of July election, and now backs plan for ‘flagship’ courses
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US presidential race: ‘fear’ drives students to rally vote
Alarm over Trump, coupled with excitement over Sanders, prompts students to try to boost turnout. Jon Marcus reports
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Interview with Arianna Huffington
The founder of The Huffington Post tells us how much sleep deprivation impacts on students’ well-being and how it could account for Donald Trump’s idiosyncratic election campaign
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Anthony Clifford, 1938-2016
A leading researcher in the use of supercritical fluids and superheated water in industry, who founded one of the University of Leeds' first spin-out companies, has died
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Unequal marking blamed on peer pressure, not disciplinary divides
Researchers find variation in marks given by same lecturers to similar students when working in different departments
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Cardiff University v-c issues warning over Wales quality plans
As funding council plans to keep independent reviews, Colin Riordan says UK-wide system must be protected
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Cull of London Met UCU pair sparks ‘union victimisation’ claim
Two long-time critics of London Metropolitan University management have been selected for redundancy, but institution dismisses any suggestion of a link
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Does the REF motivate or discourage research staff?
Academics and policy advisers have given their verdict in a study exploring how the REF affects the day-to-day lives of scholars
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ÌÇÐÄVlog pay survey 2016
Vice-chancellors have again come in for flak over what they are paid. We look at how their compensation packages compare with those of their international peers. Jack Grove runs the numbers
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The week in higher education – 19 May 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition, by Manisha Sinha
Book of the week: Blacks were key agents in the international battle against slavery, Olivette Otele writes
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What are you reading? – 19 May 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers