Call for African universities to focus on science
Technically-trained graduates vital for development, says thinktank chief
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Interview with Jeremy Irons
We talk to the new chancellor of Bath Spa University about censorship, Brideshead Revisited and why campuses should be a place for outrage
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Dons of a different kind: researching the Mafia
An academic researching the Camorra talks to John Elmes about Kalashnikovs and pizza, investigating a closed community, and how she stays safe
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Can universities make the Canadian economy grow?
David Matthews reports from Canada on the Trudeau government’s plans to convert academic research into commercial gains
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Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy, by Cherian George
Book of the week: Political Svengalis, not the public, drive populist pantomimes of democracy, says Angelia Wilson
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Chris Husbands appointed as TEF chair
Sheffield Hallam v-c chosen after government recruitment process
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Strategy under attack
THE government's higher education strategy has been attacked for encouraging undergraduate vocationalism at the expense of the real graduate qualities valued by industry. In this month's edition of...
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The great escape: boltholes for academics fleeing Brexit and Trump
From Australia to Singapore, David Matthews and John Elmes weigh the pros and cons of likely destinations
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Seymour Roworth-Stokes, 1965-2016
An acclaimed designer who became an academic leader has died
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Skills policy is failing – it’s time for a new approach
John Denham, former secretary of state for universities, innovation and skills, on the case for rethinking the supply-side strategy
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Union calls off ballot for industrial action
The University and College Union has called off its ballot for industrial action
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Draft Opinion of the Committee on International Trade for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy on a strategy on biomass and biofuels (link)
Brussels, 04 Jul 2006 PROVISIONAL 2006/2082(INI) 22.6.2006 DRAFT OPINION of the Committee on International Trade for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy on a strategy on biomass and...
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Never short of winning strategy
Gerry Johnson tells Olga Wojtas how being big in textbooks allows him to flee the cold. Gerry Johnson is known throughout the world as co-author of the seminal textbook Exploring Corporate Strategy...