Wole Soyinka: how to detoxify young minds from indoctrination
With Africa’s campuses beset by religious zealotry, Wole Soyinka suggests universities provide a year of materialist induction to free students of dogma and extremism
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A Campus Christmas Carol
A Dickensian tale, set in today’s university
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Spam emails difficult to suppress, finds study
Chances are you’ll get at least a bit of ‘spam dressed as lamb’ this Christmas
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Is teaching in research universities actually research-led?
Study into the experiences of universities’ top teaching faculty is revealing about the real priorities, says Holly Else
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The week in higher education – 22 December 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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2016: rather a bumpy year
Brexit. Trump and his howling climate changers. A sector bête noire as PM. The TEF. Turkey. Ed Balls cutting a rug. It’s been a year, all right
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Laurie Taylor – 22 December 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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10 most prolific and most cited researchers
There is a reasonable chance that you will have come across the work of at least one of the scholars named in the table below – they are among the most prolific and most cited researchers in the...
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‘Collegiality’ has become an empty word
Although the term still resonates with scholars, it means less and less in today’s academy, says Bruce Macfarlane
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This year’s events could herald an age of global conflict
Trump’s election and Brexit constitute a Great Event, which presages dark days ahead, argues Nicholas Boyle
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Mapped out: negative perceptions of science
This map shows that across Africa, India, Central America and parts of the Middle East, people are more likely to believe that one of the “bad effects” of science is that it “breaks down ideas of...
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Books of the year 2016
Scholars and senior sector figures reveal their favourite titles – read for work, for pleasure or both – published this year
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Elf: Christmas cheer amid the darkness
Short of goodwill after a bruising year? Mark O’Thomas prescribes a viewing of Elf for some much-needed seasonal joy and optimism