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Interview with Katherine Grainger
The Olympian and chancellor of Oxford Brookes University talks about camaraderie between athletes, competition in the HE sector, and how her academic and athletic careers have complemented each other
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Brexit: KU Leuven rector pitches UK-Europe ‘associations’
New partnerships could help UK universities retain research links and EU funding, says Rik Torfs
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Charles Stein, 1920-2016
A statistician of genius who was also a committed political activist has died
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Pearson: UK ‘boutique university’ to mesh with company strategy
Pearson College London to mirror company's strategic direction in employer engagement and online
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Salary increases for Russell Group v-cs beat staff pay rises again
Average cost of remunerating v-cs in group rose by 6 per cent last year but salaries still lag those in top US and Australian universities
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Pay hikes at Russell Group likely to stoke discontent over wages
Although remuneration slipped off the top of the agenda at UK universities last year, generous salary rises for v-cs will not be overlooked, says Jack Grove
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The week in higher education – 5 January 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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VR: a new dimension in learning?
Will virtual reality help students on campus and online learn better and more cheaply? David Matthews reports
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Academics’ new year’s resolutions: from actual self to ideal self
From giving up Bremoaning and plastic cutlery, to publishing 10 papers in one year and sketchnoting, scholars share their goals for 2017
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Get Out of My Room! A History of Teen Bedrooms in America, by Jason Reid
A study of adolescents’ spaces unlocks mysteries and nostalgia. Enter if you dare, says Emma Rees
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Books interview: David W. Orr
The Paul Sears distinguished professor at Oberlin College on the hottest climate change literature, gifting nature books and post-US election reading
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Harmful and Undesirable: Book Censorship in Nazi Germany, by Guenter Lewy
From the first fires to other forms of prohibition, a first-rate study charts a complex history, says Robert Gellately
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The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalisation, by Richard Baldwin
Spanning 200,000 years of human trading, this study considers the influence of technology and the fallout of global interconnectedness, says Juliet Webster
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What are you reading? – 5 January 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers