The week in higher education – 30 November 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Degrees of happiness: graduates report higher well-being
Hefce analysis finds that UK graduates cope better with divorce, ill-health and unemployment than non-graduates
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Self-reflection is the key to improvement for Indian universities
Focus on rankings risks neglecting the genuine quality improvements that could propel Indian institutions into the global league, says Amarnath Bose
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Catholicism is not creationism
It is wrong and discriminatory to assume that religion is a barrier to academic or professional excellence, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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A cooperative university must ensure high standards
Rigour, hierarchy and payrolls are not incompatible with an anti-managerial, democratic and grades-free approach, says Eliane Glaser
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The new REF rules could end game-playing – but only if we let them
The 2021 research excellence framework could be more representative and humane than ever, but the devil will be in the implementation, says James Wilsdon
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A little light reading for hard times
Amid all the doom and gloom, to which self-help books can academics turn for some cheer?
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So long, Montreal: Leonard Cohen’s classmate on McGill and the musician
As the first anniversary of the singer-songwriter’s death passes, his childhood friend Kenneth Asch reflects on the place of both the institution and the musician in Quebec’s fractured cultural mosaic
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What are you reading? – 30 November 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Why Dylan Matters, by Richard F. Thomas
Book of the week: A classicist reveals the poetic artistry of a song and dance man who explores the human heart, writes Tom Palaima
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Laurie Taylor – 30 November 2017
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Collaboration and competition: essential for research
In the rivalry to make the next scientific breakthrough, collaboration is key. But the UK’s post-Brexit course only undermines its competitive standing
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UK should keep well out of Sorbonne plans
The article “Could EU’s ‘Bologna 2.0’ vision leave UK behind?” (News, 23 November) describes plans to further integrate higher education across the European Union. If the “Sorbonne Process” is to...
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Betwixt, between
In his leader “Unmoved by invisible hands” (23 November), John Gill discusses Lord Willetts’ views on the market and UK higher education. However, the trouble is that we have neither a genuine state...