Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management, by Caitlin Rosenthal
The capital value of slaves made it possible for white livelihoods to flourish, writes Martin Myers
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Interview with Lyndsey Stonebridge
The humanities professor discusses her passion for human rights, how universities can work with refugees, and learning to stop apologising
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Campuses warn against metrics-only knowledge exchange framework
Universities say they must be able to supplement metrics with contextual or narrative information
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Call to give early career researchers more independence
Review of UK guidelines says junior scholars should spend 20 per cent of time on their own projects and personal development
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Tie research grants to career development efforts, v-c says
Ahead of publication of revised concordat, Brunel leader calls for funding agencies to give document greater importance
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Plan S: how important is open access publishing?
The advent of Plan S promises to turbocharge the open access movement, but amid pushback from researchers and publishers, Rachael Pells examines whether the demand for published research truly merits...
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China urged to play the long game of scientific development
Tsinghua provost urges researchers to take the risks required to achieve major breakthroughs
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Towns and universities: UK Labour’s new civic thinking
Uclan role in Preston Model sheds light on what a Labour government could mean for universities, beyond the fees pledge
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Looking ahead: THE’s University Leaders Survey
Where will higher education be in 2030? Our survey asks university leaders what they think the next decade holds for the sector
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International partnerships can fill the Brexit hole
The prospect of losing access to EU funding only strengthens the rationale for UK universities to develop deep, bilateral international partnerships, says Ed ByrneÂ
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Researching whale hunting: one scholar joins a harpoon crew
In the very different cultures of St Vincent and the Faroe Islands, whaling forms a key part of their identity. Scholar Russell Fielding gets a real insight into the hunting tradition. Matthew Reisz...
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Think Chinese to protect enrolments, Australian universities told
China’s internal policies, such as Belt and Road initiative, may hold the key to protecting a critical revenue stream
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Don’t be distracted from equality challenges, universities told
Need to meet demands of technological advances should not overshadow long-standing problems of gender and race, conference told