How Europe’s academy is addressing the refugee crisis
As universities and academics strive to aid migrants and understand their plight, scholars offer personal experiences of the upheaval
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The Cunning of Uncertainty, by Helga Nowotny
Flora Samuel on a revelatory call for researchers to embrace context, culture and the unknown
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What are you reading? – 15 October 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The perils of ‘philanthrocapitalism’
Are corporations profiting from philanthropy? Do mega-donors acquire too much influence? Linsey McGoey on ‘saint’ Bill Gates and the downsides of giving away $16 billion
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Cameron access targets ‘a major factor’ in higher education Green Paper
Concerns also raised over ‘reckless’ plans to advance market entry and exit in England
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Grant winners – 15 October 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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The week in higher education – 15 October 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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Laurie Taylor – 15 October 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Postdoc blues: how do you know when it is time to give up?
They think I’m a rising star, says a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford, but my hopes of a real career in science are sinking
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We must instil a love of reading in students
Academics have to affirm reading’s value and help undergraduates develop this high-level skill by setting them whole books, argues Frank Furedi