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The Slave¡¯s Cause: A History of Abolition, by Manisha Sinha
Book of the week: Blacks were key agents in the international battle against slavery, Olivette?Otele writes
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Young blood: the invigorating force of new universities
Fleet-footed and innovative, fledgling institutions are well placed to nurture attributes that will be key in future rankings, says Peter Coaldrake
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King¡¯s College London: reaching out to the cultural sector
Deborah Bull tells Matthew Reisz about the scale of cross-fertilisation between her university and the arts
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Interview with Sunny Singh
We discuss discrimination in UK publishing, how universities misunderstand creative writing, and the benefits of arguing with lecturers
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Graduate earnings: what will politicians do with the data?
Sector experts variously predict benefits and damage from lifting the lid on who earns what
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Campus sport is alive and kicking in the UK
University games are worth standing up for, say Vince Mayne and Ian Diamond
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Interview with Paul McGinley
We talk to the professional golfer about leadership and the possibility of swapping golf clubs for research after retirement
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Germany: an alternative route to excellence
There¡¯s a tension between Germany¡¯s desire to be in the global elite of higher education while remaining egalitarian. John Morgan reports
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Student Experience Survey 2016: universities that get it right
Loughborough University tops the poll, with its emphasis on student participation, says Jack Grove
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Interview with Neil Glasser
We talk to the glaciologist about how it feels to have a glacier named after him and?the chances of a catastrophic sea-level rise resulting from climate change
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Internationalisation is not an end itself
It¡¯s not good enough just to jump on the internationalisation bandwagon ¨C we have to measure outcomes, says Uwe Brandenburg
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Pro-market regulator will have ¡®different relationship with sector¡¯
GuildHE¡¯s chief executive, a former BIS official, warns that Hefce¡¯s expertise on teaching grant should not be lost
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Interview with David Sobral
We talk human existence, Cristiano Ronaldo and the problems with Portugal¡¯s higher education system with Lancaster¡¯s new astrophysicist
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Liberty and Coercion: The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present, by Gary Gerstle
Elizabeth Cobbs on an enlightening and alarming study of how the central state has had to fight for its legitimacy