What are you reading? ā 15 March 2018
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The transformative effect of university-level learning inside prisons
Prisoners rarely get tertiary lessons, let alone have undergraduates study alongside them, but the results can be profound. Helen Lock reports
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New and noteworthy ā 15 March 2018
Writersā relationships with their mothers; doctors are people too; Hilterās passion for celluloid; a journey through mental illness; and the birth of the worldās first independent air force
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Counter-Revolution: Liberal Europe in Retreat, by Jan Zielonka
Book of the week: Anti-populists need to look in the mirror instead of fixating on political rivals, says Matthew Goodwin
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Sister act: is the academic sisterhood too good to be true?
Does solidarity among female scholars exist only in the (male) mind? Are women really supportive of one another? And if so, how far does it go to redressing male advantage?
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Laurie Taylor ā 15 March 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.Ā Finem respice!
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Will sexual harassment scandals define our times?
In view of recent revelations of abuse in several industries, networks such as an academic sisterhood could offer vital support and solidarity
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The educators strike back: walkout is right
I was dismayed to read John Marenbonās article, āUSS strike: academics are wrong to walk outā (Opinion, 2 March). When you take away the hysteria (ātrade union militancyā), the ad hominem slurs (ā...
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Men on board
Elizabeth Chell reports (āMale mastheadsā, Letters, 8 March) that 100 per cent of the editors of 23 journals in management and entrepreneurship are male. Not all social science disciplines are the...
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True mettle
Elizabeth Kiss assures us that, compared with welding, philosophy ācultivates habits of reflection and self-examinationā (HE&me, News, 8 March). A philosopher who would have had an interest in...
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Study reveals universitiesā role in fostering key soft skills
Benefits appear to come from exposure to campus life rather than quality teaching, Australian researchers find
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China criticises Australia over student visa ādelaysā
Latest skirmish in war of words sparked by claims of Chinese meddling on Australian campuses, and Canberraās new foreign interference laws