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Instant rankings karma for workplace nirvana
One scholar imagines a university league table that puts the emphasis on fairness and diversity
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Chinese students: priority number one
Attracting young people from the People’s Republic is vital for UK universities and a secure future, says Keith Burnett
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Sir David Bell, Neil Gregor, R. C. Richardson, Uwe Schütte and Robert A. Segal...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Paul Kalanithi, 1977-2015
A gifted neurosurgeon who touched many readers with his reflections on mortality has died tragically young
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Q&A with Maddalaine Ansell
We speak to the new chief executive of the University Alliance group
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World in brief – 2 April 2015
Source: GettyUnited StatesYour presence is requestedA Christian university has defended itself after receiving criticism for requiring students to attend a rally where Ted Cruz, a Republican US...
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News in brief – 2 April 2015
Postgraduate studyBIS weighs restrictions on loansThe government is considering whether to restrict postgraduate research loans to subjects “where the scientific and economic case is strongest”. The...
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Grant winners – 2 April 2015
British AcademyRising Star Engagement Awards 2015This scheme provides funding of up to £15,000 to distinguished early career researchers to engage in career development by organising...
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No apathy? Who cares?
There have been a number of end of spring term student protests and occupations at London universities (“Students occupy buildings at London universities”, 26 March). Strangely, however, none of...
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A history of cheats
Apparently “cheating is blossoming” in Russian universities (“Cheating is rife in Russia, finds student survey”, News, 26 March). This is nothing new. The use of shpargalki (cribs) has a long and...
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Embedded in the culture
Dennis Tourish says, in relation to business school research, that “the triviality that pervades much of the scholarship in our field…takes the status quo for granted, asks few critical questions of...
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Putting the ‘I’ in music
In response to Emma Rees’ article on “mesearch” (“My work is my life”, Features, 19 March), I’ve been thinking about my personal biases as I’m writing up my PhD on the theology of music. When I...
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Fair diplomacy
As an academic with experience in the UK and Saudi Arabia’s university systems, I welcome Faisal Abaalkhail’s accurate description of a “lowering of standards” in the UK as a result of an eagerness...