Sexual abuse rife at Ugandan university, report finds
A committee investigating sexual harassment at Makerere University has called for the end of ‘rampant’ abuse of students by lecturers
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Western civilisation and its discontents
The age-old dispute over Western civilisation courses has bubbled up again in Australia. It could do more harm than good to cash-strapped humanities courses, writes Steven Schwartz
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A Primer for Teaching African History: Ten Design Principles, by Trevor R. Getz
This teaching guide for African history should support and inspire educators, writes Toby Green
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New and noteworthy – 28 June 2018
Are we really living in a multiverse?; the concept of race in the Middle Ages; the new Bollygarchs; the essential role of the humanities in complementing the sciences; and the reinvention of the Left
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The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth Century History, by David Edgerton
Book of the week: A. W. Purdue on an argument that relocates the roots of modern Britain in the post-war period
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The Last Utopians: Four Late 19th Century Visionaries and Their Legacy, by Michael Robertson
Delve beneath the title and this portrait of four utopians has its rewards, writes Richard Howells
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Inside Lenin’s Government: Ideology, Power and Practice in the Early Soviet State, by Lara Douds
A new perspective on Lenin suggests that the power shift to the Politburo originated not with Stalin but because it was often more expedient for ministers to go direct to the Politburo for a speedy...
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What are you reading? – 28 June 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Will India’s Institutes of Eminence finally put the subcontinent’s HE system on the world stage?
Government investment will address the underperforming sector but political interference needs to stop for Indian higher education to truly make its mark, argues Deepak Nayyar
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Scottish ministerial nominee dropped over ‘offensive’ blog post
Gillian Martin described transgender students as ‘hairy-knuckled laydees’
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We’re pioneering a new way to measure teaching quality across Europe
Phil Baty explains the motivation and methodology behind the inaugural Times Higher Education Europe Teaching RankingsÂ
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GSA’s Mackintosh building to be partially dismantled
Glasgow School of Art’s historic home at risk of ‘sudden collapse’
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‘Intense peer pressure’ part of Nobel formula, prizewinner argues
Chemistry laureate Michael Levitt also warns younger scientists are now far less likely to be awarded grants