Universities must offer ‘joined-up’ response on harassment and abuse
UUK report brings together best practice for combating abusive behaviour
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Keep freedom of movement for academics post-Brexit, says Willetts
Former universities minister says researchers deserve same guarantee as bankers
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Oxford’s vice-chancellor is wrong: universities should not see running schools as ‘a distraction’
Higher education institutions can and should do more to influence education at a secondary school level, says Edward Peck
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Interview with Chris Day
We talk about growing up in the North East of England, alcohol consumption advice and international cricket aspirations with Newcastle University's new head
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US universities mull ditching criminal conviction question
Advocates for using education to help former inmates get their lives back on track say that current policies are deterring applications
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Henry Thomas James, 1915-2016
A highly innovative former dean of the Stanford School of Education has died
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Secret shoppers ‘pimp’ academics’ online profiles
Australian university seeks to improve researchers’ digital identities. But does this risk excessive uniformity?
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Should student attendance in classes be compulsory?
As universities tighten attendance policies, an education professor has argued that scholars should be more prepared to accept absence
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Left Out: The Forgotten Tradition of Radical Publishing for Children in Britain 1910-1949, by Kimberley Reynolds
Once upon a time, authors pushed young readers to see the world very differently, says Shelley King
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Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter, by Peter Singer
A controversial philosopher turns his mind to subjects ranging from happiness and euthanasia to vegetarianism, incest and doping, says Jane O’Grady
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Pakistan’s women-only universities are 'progressive' spaces
Co-author of a major UK study of female advancement at Pakistan’s universities recounts positive experience of such institutions
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The volcanologist who led Werner Herzog into the inferno
Clive Oppenheimer recounts dodging lava bombs and gunmen as he guided the director to global hot spots for his film about volcanoes
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New and noteworthy – 20 October 2016
A fresh run at Homer; unseen dirty work; all the lols of yoof-speak; and the link between Ayn Rand’s bad thoughts, worse writing and financial catastrophe
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Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream, by Sara Goldrick-Rab
Book of the week: Working through university crushes US students. Laurie Taylor fears the UK will share their pain