Russell Group head: too many new levies to hit universities
Elite universities are unhappy that new rules targeting charities and big business will hit institutions hard, says Wendy Piatt
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London School of Economics and University of Cambridge seek new leaders
Replacements sought for departing Craig Calhoun and Sir Leszek Borysiewicz
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Happily ever after? Advice for mid-career academics
Getting a permanent job is only the beginning, not a fairy-tale ending, says Helen De Cruz
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THE podcast: 24-30 March 2016 issue review
The latest edition of ÌÇÐÄVlog discussed by our editorial team
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World insight: does an academic start-up live up to expectations?
Charles Bailyn asks whether a new liberal arts college really does start with a blank canvas
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Interview with Luke Beardon
We talk to the Sheffield Hallam autism expert about societal prejudices, the focus on research impact and a rugby career curtailed
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Doreen Massey, 1944-2016
One of the leading radical geographers of her generation has died
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Do new mothers doing a PhD get enough support?
Gaining a PhD is a tough act for most students, so how do those with new babies cope while having the additional demands of parenthood?
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National learning analytics service: could it feed into the TEF?
New ‘world-first’ Jisc project will allow students to compare their performance against their classmates’
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Academics call for end to ‘witch-hunt’ of scholars in Turkey
More than 1,400 academics have signed a petition condemning the treatment of university staff
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The week in higher education – 24 March 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Bourdieu: The Next Generation – The Development of Bourdieu’s Intellectual Heritage in Contemporary UK Sociology, edited by Jenny Thatcher, Nicola Ingram, Ciaran Burke and Jessie Abrahams
A study group’s essays on Bourdieu apply his concepts to novel situations, says Laurie Taylor
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Sex Museums: The Politics and Performance of Display, by Jennifer Tyburczy
All choices about what to exhibit or not make statements about sexuality, finds Lesley Hall
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The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind, by A. C. Grayling
An account of the vanquishing of superstition and magic makes some imprudent leaps, says Biancamaria Fontana
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New and noteworthy – 24 March 2016
Xenophobia new and old, questionable inflections, Paris' jazz diasporas and life on the skin of the Earth: must-read scholarly titles