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Why city partnerships are crucial for international research
Setting up institutional links with partners in key global cities is one way UCL is preparing for life after Brexit, says Florian Mussgnug
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Researching whale hunting: one scholar joins a harpoon crew
In the very different cultures of St Vincent and the Faroe Islands, whaling forms a key part of their identity. Scholar Russell Fielding gets a real insight into the hunting tradition. Matthew Reisz...
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Top-down partnerships risk ‘constraining’ researchers post-Brexit
UCL announces drive for academic-led collaboration with major global cities and their universities
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Western universities urged to rethink Chinese military ties
Academics debate how to respond to increasing influence of People’s Liberation Army
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The week in higher education – 8 November 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Two-thirds of Chinese students ‘maltreated in childhood’
Universities told to upgrade student welfare support in wake of alarming figures
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Interview with Christine Petit
Pioneer of the genetics of hearing talks about how her research interests have been shaped by wine and music – and how she would cope with deafness
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Eric Griffiths, 1953-2018
Tributes paid to Cambridge literary critic
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Why Warwick took a civic turn to Coventry
Russell Group university’s return to the local highlights higher education’s role in the wake of the Brexit vote in addressing post-industrial decline, and supporting austerity-hit councils
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Eating blubber and reserving judgement
Matthew Reisz praises the researchers who go way beyond the call of duty in investigating the world for us all
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Research intelligence: how to handle rejection
Hearing that an editor does not want to publish your work can be crushing, but learning from the experience can make you stronger
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Free speech furore underlines Indian government’s controlling tendencies
Political efforts to silence academic critics are unlikely to end despite clarification that universities are not obliged to ban them, says Pushkar
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The publication game: how to write an academic article
If you want your manuscript to be accepted, pepper it with formulaic neologisms, irrelevant but impressive references and suitably indented vulgarity, advises Janelle Ward
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MBA apprenticeships are not a scam
If businesses regard upskilling their middle managers as a high priority, universities should not be criticised for meeting that need, says Alec Cameron