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The opening up of Indonesian higher education must go further
Fears that the arrival of foreign universities could decimate native provision have apparently been set aside by ministers, writes Martin Surya Mulyadi
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Western philosophy departments must open their minds
Academic focus on ideas from a small range of European countries would not be tolerated in other disciplines, says Lloyd Strickland
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If US states cannot fund their universities, they must stand aside
Privatisation or nationally funded consortia are the only solutions to US public education’s financial malaise, says Sheldon H. Jacobson
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Beware the bite of antisocial media
The internet impedes human interactions, warps civilised discourse and aggravates misunderstandings, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Lost Kingdom: A History of Russian Nationalism from Ivan the Great to Putin, by Serhii Plokhy
Book of the week: Russia’s power plays with its neighbours may be tied to its lack of civic maturity, says Lara Douds
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Books interview: Jirí Pribán
The author and professor of sociology and philosophy of law discusses Vonnegut, pre-communist histories and the EU’s present and future
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University Mental Health Day: the weight of expectations
For academics and students alike, pressure to perform coupled with a lack of institutional support can severely affect mental health
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What are you reading? – 1 March 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The university: a guide for depressives
The frenzied pace and meaningless demands of university life can often enable a depressed scholar’s existing neuroses. Joe Moran offers some coping strategies
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The week in higher education – 1 March 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Laurie Taylor – 1 March 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Academics’ mental ill health is a black cloud over campus
The crisis in student mental well-being is no secret, but academics too feel overwhelmed by the demands on them. Universities cannot ignore their plight