Judges ‘did not bother to read defence’ of jailed Turkish academic
Lawyer of former university president imprisoned in Turkey gives glimpse into courtroom practices faced by persecuted academics
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Interdisciplinary research will be treated fairly in REF 2021
New assessment criteria for the research excellence framework aim to ensure that the synergy and balance in interdisciplinary research is recognised, says Athene Donald
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EU university staff ‘fast-tracked’ under post-Brexit visa pilot
New pilot phase of post-Brexit immigration plans will prioritise applications from European Union staff working in higher education
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Higher education in India: the current state of play
Unwieldy bureaucracy, infrastructure challenges and scant funding all hold back innovation in Indian higher education. Philip Altbach and Eldho Mathews assess the country’s current strategies for...
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Letters – 11 October 2018
Promotions and pay system needs overhaul In their opinion article “The judicial now usurps the pastoral in managing performance” (4 October), Gill Evans and Dorothy Bishop describe the problems...
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Graduates will never truly leave the university of the future
In an unpredictable, increasingly digital age, Singapore’s universities are rethinking how to equip alumni with relevant skills throughout their lives
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Recipes and Everyday Knowledge: Medicine, Science and the Household in Early Modern England, by Elaine Leong
Ann Hughes samples an account of household recipe creation in 17th-century England
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Women, Writing, and Travel in the Eighteenth Century, by Katrina O’Loughlin
In recounting their journeys, female writers could talk about themselves, their values, their civic engagement and their responses to contemporary affairs in Britain, writes Abigail Williams
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What are you reading? – 11 October 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The place of unions in the academy
From the largest strike in the history of UK higher education, to the US ‘academic precariat’ looking to unionise to improve their conditions, Jack Grove assesses the changing influence of workers’...
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Appointments – 11 October 2018
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Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict that Made the Modern World, by Andrew Lambert
Book of the week: Were some naval powers such as Britain inherently liberal and outward-looking? asks Sarah Kinkel
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This Land Is Your Land: The Story of Field Biology in America, by Michael J. Lannoo
An otherwise strong account of America’s scientific pioneers largely forgets women, says Leslie Kemp Poole