Researchers struggle to defend web against ‘deepfake’ videos
Academics are wary of directly verifying whether videos are faked, and warn they need social media companies to cooperate
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It’s time we replace our obsession with exclusivity with a commitment to inclusivity
The responsibility for building an inclusive campus climate rests squarely on academic staff, administrators – and funders, says David Asai
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Canadian university baulks on huge tuition hike for rejects
Massive fee for those narrowly missing acceptance seen as warning of abandoned principles
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TNE providers need more transparency in publisher licensing
Universities should be able to offer the same access to content to transnational students as to those studying a degree in the UK, argues Greg Ince
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North American professors slow to embrace sharing research data
As academics fault journals on open access, data suggests significant responsibility also lies with professors
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Australia Universities Forum: Domestic students feel more isolated than foreign learners says v-c
International students feel “at home” while locals feel left out on outsized Australian campus, says Michael Spence
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Top universities replace UK school-leavers with foreign students
Non-European Union recruitment likely to widen resources gap between elite and rest of sector
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There has been an uprising in Arab higher education
New figures suggest steep rises in university participation rate in several Middle-Eastern countries, say Justin D. Martin and Fouad Hassan
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Humour, by Terry Eagleton
Chloe Chard considers a wide-ranging but not very focused attempt to illuminate jokes
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London and the Emergence of a European Art Market, 1780-1820, edited by Susanna Avery-Quash and Christian Huemer
Emma Barker reflects on the art market of two centuries ago – and how it compares with that of today
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Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism, by Alex Zamalin
Kehinde Andrews is disappointed by a survey of thinking designed to take us beyond the limits of current politics
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Reaching for the Moon: A Short History of the Space Race, by Roger D. Launius
Julie Michelle Klinger enjoys a compelling account of one strand of the global space race
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What are you reading? – 15 August 2019
Our fortnightly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Fully Human: Personhood, Citizenship, and Rights, by Lindsey N. Kingston
Book of the week: Matthew Joseph is impressed by an analysis of how states fail to live up to the obligations to their citizens
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Fourth Degree, by Laurie Taylor – 15 August
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