Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition, by Francis Fukuyama
A thinker revisits democracy’s power to unite in light of populism’s rise, writes Martin Cohen
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Linguistic Disobedience: Restoring Power to Civic Language, by Yuliya Komska, Michelle Moyd and David Gramling
When authoritarian populists employ the speech forms once deployed to counter totalitarians, how are we to critique what we consider abuses? wonders Deborah Cameron
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Books editor’s blog: it’s a world of numbers – prime yourself
People face a daily blizzard of statistics and figures. With his book Millions, Billions, Zillions, Brian Kernighan tries to help them through the storm. Matthew Reisz writes
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On call: how much support should academics give students?
Round-the-clock demands from students can take a toll on lecturers. With a THE survey highlighting rising expectations, Anna McKie asks where the line should be drawn between professional and private...
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Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age, by Donna Zuckerberg
Book of the week: Rachel O’Neill on a study of how the manosphere cloaks anti-female rhetoric in ancient borrowings
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Australian government ‘waging war’ on universities, says opposition
Government claims universities are neglecting the regions, as relations continue to fracture
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The week in higher education – 15 November 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Interview with Olivette Otele
The UK’s first black female history professor on universities atoning for their pasts and believing in the goodness of others
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London reigns supreme in capturing research council funding
Imperial and UCL secure far more grants by value as Oxford slips back
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UK research grant success rate falls in return to long-term trend
Rising value of grants suggests that winning funding is likely to remain highly competitive
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Student marks raised weeks after league table concerns email
Some grades increased at Teesside using standard formula in case that could be smoking gun on reasons for wider grade inflation
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David Benyon, 1954-2018
Tributes paid to pioneering authority on human-computer interaction
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Report on value for money leaves sector short-changed
The UK’s Commons Education Committee has surveyed many issues, but its simple-minded approach is largely unhelpful, says Andrew McRae