Outgoing vice-provost Michael Worton on 33 years at UCL
Scholar reflects on risks, regrets, the value of teaching and facing the global future
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UEL shredded copies of outgoing v-c’s letters
FoI also shows Patrick McGhee set up inquiry into doomed overseas ventures
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German academy wants cash to raise standards
Rectors demand more federal support from new government. Frances Mechan-Schmidt reports
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The power of positive thinking
Harvard’s huge fundraising and the US’ big lead in Moocs show that we can only learn from the American ‘can-do’ spirit
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Optimism is a sine qua non for scientists
A career in science is built on hope and naviety as well as intellect, argues Russell Foster
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Power Beyond Scrutiny: Media Justice and Accountability, by Justin Schlosberg
Ivor Gaber on how broadcasters report stories in which the status quo is under threat
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Is there anything new to say about Shakespeare?
Matthew Reisz talks to academics who have devoted their lives to studying the Bard
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All-round answer to zero-hours conundrum
Generalists on fair terms would offer the flexibility the sector needs, argues Philip Roddis
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26 September 2013
Infinite in faculties - The study of Shakespeare: not weary, stale, flat or unprofitable
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News in brief - 26 September 2013
ChinaUS joint venture gets green lightThe Chinese government has formally approved the establishment of a new institution created jointly by a US and a Chinese university. Duke Kunshan University, a...
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Campus round-up - 26 September 2013
Source: ReutersEggs benedictionA research project is under way that aims to shed light on how the relationship between humans and chickens has developed over the past 8,000 years. Led by Mark Maltby...
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Marshall Berman, 1940-2013
An American political scientist and social critic whose writings were acclaimed by Christopher Hitchens as “scholarly but jargon-free, anchored in modern references but with a strong sense of history...
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Appointments - 26 September 2013
University College LondonDilly FungOn being offered the position of director of University College London’s Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching, Dilly Fung immediately thought of her...
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THE Scholarly Web - 26 September 2013
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News in brief - 26 September 2013
Industrial action voteUCU ballot over pay disputeUnionised academics are being balloted for industrial action over employers’ 1 per cent pay offer. The University and College Union said it will...