Destroying the Gutenberg galaxy of books will leave a black hole
Books offer an experience, evidence trail and egalitarianism that could never be digitised, say Al Martinich and Tom Palaima
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Hell hath no fury like an academic suspended
Suspension is a legal and emotional minefield that can blow up in managers’ faces, says a wrongfully suspended scholar
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Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony, by Kori Schake
Book of the week: Only once has a supreme global power peacefully ceded its reign to another, A. W. Purdue writes
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A Taste for the Beautiful: The Evolution of Attraction, by Michael J. Ryan
Females are the ‘biological puppeteers’ driving the evolution of allure, says Simon Underdown
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Living Before Dying: Imagining and Remembering Home, by Janette Davies
A study about caring for those with dementia should be read by all who want care to improve for older people, writes Martina Zimmermann
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What are you reading? – 8 February 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research-intensive universities ‘offer best maternity pay’
Generous leave packages used as a strategy to retain top female researchers in elite institutions, study suggests
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Work-life balance survey 2018: long hours take their toll on academics
Times Higher Education’s first major global survey of university staff views on work-life balance finds academics feeling stressed and underpaid, and struggling to fit time for personal relationships...
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Don’t rush to erect a divisive hierarchy
In his challenge to the established hierarchy of universities (“Snobbery towards modern universities is unfair and outdated”, Opinion, 3 February, www.timeshighereducation.com), Edward Peck, the vice...
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Appointments – 8 February 2018
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Rees-Mogg: Charity Commission is stifling debate on campus
Brexit cheerleader criticises excessive regulation and downplays scuffle at student event
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Fighting talk from OfS is alarming universities
New Office for Students guidance hints at a more adversarial approach to sector that most wish to avoid, says Gill Evans
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Universities face ‘Olympian’ competition in new technological era
Alliances between institutions to become increasingly important, says Sheffield vice-chancellor