UCL launches investigation into secret eugenics conference
Annual event run by honorary lecturer featured white supremacist speakers and was attended by Toby Young
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California’s community colleges: university gateway, economic engine
Chancellor of world’s biggest higher education system sees Trump immigration plan as ‘antithesis’ of American values
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The week in higher education – 11 January 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Singapore’s powerhouses neglect local intellectual life
Singaporeans deserve more local impact from their top-ranked public universities, says Cherian George
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Barbed-Wire Imperialism: Britain’s Empire of Camps, 1876-1903, by Aidan Forth
Internment in the colonies served a darker purpose beyond aid efforts, finds Laleh Khalili
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From Byron to bin Laden: A History of Foreign War Volunteers, by Nir Arielli
Joanna Bourke muses over the motivations of those who leave home to fight in conflicts abroad. Are they terrorists or principled idealists?
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THE Leadership and Management Awards 2018 open for entries
Event celebrates achievements of often under-recognised individuals and teams
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Interview with Peter Corke
The Australian robotics researcher and award-winning teacher discusses the importance of hands-on learning and why robots won’t be taking our jobs any time soon
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Ben Barres, 1954-2017
Tributes paid to neuroscientist who identified role of glial cells in several serious diseases
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For people like me, university is a gateway to unemployment
How can more degrees be the solution to urban deprivation when poor areas offer no graduate careers? asks Robert Hesketh
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Russell Group vice-chancellors’ pay averages almost £332K
Elite universities admit they must change remuneration practices despite smaller average pay increase in 2016-17
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Urbanization and English Romantic Poetry, by Stephen Tedeschi
How did mushrooming cities influence verse and vice versa? Shahidha Bari on a bold study
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Unlocking the Church: The Lost Secrets of Victorian Sacred Space, by William Whyte
James Stevens Curl on an eloquent plea for an understanding of the past through built fabric
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Career advice: how to supervise a PhD student for the first time
There are numerous survival guides for doctoral students, but much less advice on how to supervise PhD candidates. Robert MacIntosh offers some tips on becoming an effective supervisor
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Overseas students ‘worth 10 times the cost’ to UK, says report
New in-depth look at the price of hosting EU and non-EU students shows benefits far outweigh cost to taxpayer