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Turkey purge: dark cloud of oppression hangs over country’s universities
The targeting of Turkey’s top academics, in the country’s most established institutions, has caused outrage, writes Gulcin Ozkan
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Harvard students organise ‘teach-in’ in protest at Martin Shkreli talk
Controversial pharmaceutical executive faced protests as he delivered speech
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Brexit: UK universities invited to set up in France
University of Paris Seine offers UK institutions chance to create a base in France
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Research that languishes in journals represents an opportunity lost
John Walley on how healthcare research must bring practical benefits, not just scholarly pride
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Former dean’s ‘Duckpond University’ case study raises eyebrows
Does Nigel Piercy textbook case study stem from his experience at Swansea University?
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Science communication course seeks to interrogate, not celebrate
Existing model of outreach that seeks to inform an ‘ignorant’ public is broken, say experts
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Cape Town professor seeks to reclaim black intellectual tradition
Xolela Mangcu argues that more attention to race would benefit both black and white students
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Research networks ‘more important’ for female scientists
Study finds a stronger correlation for women between success and being central to a network
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The Branding of the American Mind: How Universities Capture, Manage, and Monetize Intellectual Property and Why It Matters, by Jacob H. Rooksby
US and UK campuses are putting their corporate interests before the public good, says Paul Bernal
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Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art, by Katharine Cockin
Big questions remain unanswered about an important female Modernist theatre-maker all but written out of history, says Liz Schafer
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What are you reading? – 16 February 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Living a Feminist Life, by Sara Ahmed
Book of the Week: Emma Rees praises an effort to show how to turn personal traumas into political resistance