The week in higher education – 22 December 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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2016: rather a bumpy year
Brexit. Trump and his howling climate changers. A sector bête noire as PM. The TEF. Turkey. Ed Balls cutting a rug. It’s been a year, all right
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Laurie Taylor – 22 December 2016
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10 most prolific and most cited researchers
There is a reasonable chance that you will have come across the work of at least one of the scholars named in the table below – they are among the most prolific and most cited researchers in the...
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‘Collegiality’ has become an empty word
Although the term still resonates with scholars, it means less and less in today’s academy, says Bruce Macfarlane
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This year’s events could herald an age of global conflict
Trump’s election and Brexit constitute a Great Event, which presages dark days ahead, argues Nicholas Boyle
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Mapped out: negative perceptions of science
This map shows that across Africa, India, Central America and parts of the Middle East, people are more likely to believe that one of the “bad effects” of science is that it “breaks down ideas of...
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Books of the year 2016
Scholars and senior sector figures reveal their favourite titles – read for work, for pleasure or both – published this year
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Elf: Christmas cheer amid the darkness
Short of goodwill after a bruising year? Mark O’Thomas prescribes a viewing of Elf for some much-needed seasonal joy and optimism
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Scottish rays of sunshine
In these dark neoliberal days when citizens are being required to pay directly for things that used to be regarded as for the common good, I am thankful for the ray of sunshine provided by the...
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Sin of omission
I was reminded of the Rhodes Must Fall campaign when I came across the Explorer’s Monument in Fremantle, Australia (“Must Rhodes fall?”, Features, 15 December). The original monument, dating to 1913...
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Post‑Brexit PhDs
You have reported on the University of Cambridge publicising its assessment of the impact of Brexit on its staff and students (“Cambridge: Brexit ‘cliff edge’ risks huge fall in EU student numbers”,...
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The feminine catch
I just read your article on women in academia spending more time on being “good citizens”, undertaking administrative tasks and so forth, than on gunning for their own research as men do, and hence...