A plague of tapeworm sentences
Brian Bloch ponders the convoluted tangle that permeates scholarly German writing
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1,300 universities, one shared fear: the commodification of education
IAU study identifies threats and opportunities of internationalisation
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News in brief - 10 July 2014
Vice-chancellors¡¯ payGoldsmiths gives students a sayA London university has become the first in the UK to allow a student to join the panel that decides its vice-chancellor¡¯s pay. A student will now...
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Tables arrangements may be a distraction
Focus on league tables could shift Middle Eastern universities from honourable priorities, argues Cesar Wazen
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It¡¯s OK to be shy
Shyness and a dislike of public performance are traits that students are often encouraged to ¡®overcome¡¯. We should support everyone to learn in ways that make them feel comfortable, says Bruce...
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No place for introverts in the academy?
In today¡¯s brave new world of university learning, students aren¡¯t allowed to be shy, says Bruce Macfarlane
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Still Ours to Lead: America, Rising Powers, and the Tension Between Rivalry and Restraint, by Bruce Jones
Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman on a shrewd analysis of the global order
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Marked differences: time for new degree systems?
The fact that firsts are far more common in science than arts boosts case for reform of UK system
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Today¡¯s intellectuals: too obedient?
Fred Inglis on the obligation of academics to speak truth to power
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Quotas call for female vice-chancellors
Study proposes code of practice for recruitment firms to help address inequality
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Campus close-up: University of Southampton
Web Science Institute aims to produce multidisciplinary research and graduates ready to play key roles in the digital economy
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Soas lands ?20 million donation
Soas, University of London has been awarded a ?20 million gift, the largest in its history, by a US foundation
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The Army and Democracy: Military Politics in Pakistan, by Aqil Shah
Farzana Shaikh finds persuasive arguments in an analysis of democracy and military rule in Pakistan
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News in brief - 29 May 2014
IoE/UCL mergerAll done bar the due diligence?A merger of the Institute of Education and University College London is set to be completed by December after the institutions¡¯ governing councils gave...
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Students studying for UK qualification abroad up 5 per cent
But more than 40 per cent are registered with Oxford Brookes, says Hesa