Laurie Taylor – 16 November 2017
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Is there a culture of denial around sexual misconduct in academia?
Hollywood and Westminster have been rocked by tales of sexual assault and abuse. Is academia similarly plagued by misuse of power and sexual misconduct? Five scholars offer their views
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Sexism and abuse are not a male preserve
Re “The Weinsteins of academia can no longer be tolerated” (Opinion, 7 November). As a woman in academia, I must say that I am becoming tired of this gendered debate and blaming of abuse of power on...
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Brexit battle
If UK universities are indeed embroiled in a culture war over Brexit (“Are UK universities on the front line of a Brexit ‘culture war’?”, News, 9 November) how can we, as Andy Westwood suggests, “…...
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The bottom line
Although I agree with the overall argument in the article “The role of business schools within universities” (Opinion, 6 November) – that the role of business schools must be viewed through a wider...
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Unfunny foundation
I’m afraid Devorah Baum’s joke about Cohen, a Jew in Berlin in 1933, and Hitler “having lunch” (“Painfully funny”, Feature, 26 October) doesn’t do it for me. In narrative jokes, the key to the art of...
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Scholarly sleaze
Just like Hollywood and Parliament, academia has entrenched power hierarchies. It can’t pretend that sexual harassment doesn’t take place
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Ghanaian university founder wins $500K Wise Prize
Patrick Awuah set up institution to focus on critical thinking, ethics and collaboration
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Research must transcend ‘dystopian mindset’ of the past half-century
Ahead of his Vincent Briscoe Lecture, Bill Durodié calls on researchers to engage with issues of great social and technological ambition
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World University Rankings 2016-2017 by subject: business and economics table information
Key statisticsThe data shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It represents data from the 2014...
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Medical school advertisements 'can be misleading'
Would-be medical students should scrutinise schools' marketing