Degree-level police must not forget basic bobbying skills
A ‘professionalised’ police needs to maintain core skills, says this police constable
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The dark side of the proposed doctoral loans system
Billy Bryan and Josh Berlyne are not convinced by the UK government’s doctoral loans plan
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North America’s native languages get higher education boost
Institutions in the US and Canada are helping preserve indigenous languages before they die out
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Career advice: how to handle an internal interview
Our panel of leading university administrators explain how applicants should approach a meeting of this kind at their institution
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Interview with Stella Bruzzi
The incoming dean of arts and humanities at UCL speaks about tuition fees, snobbery in film studies and making Margaret Thatcher likeable
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Will globalised research survive the age of Trump?
Despite the pressure to retreat behind national borders, international academic ties should prove resilient
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Academic casts light on tackling taboos in Zimbabwe
Film director Agnieszka Piotrowska’s new book details the challenges of working in the southern African country
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Gary Slapper, 1958-2016
A leading expert on corporate crime and social responsibility, who also wrote extensively about the funny side of the law, has died
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One of most cited papers ever ‘was just my grad school work’
Biochemist named in analysis of US highly cited papers claims it is not his main contribution to science
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The week in higher education – 15 December 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world's media
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Austerity Blues: Fighting for the Soul of Public Higher Education, by Michael Fabricant and Stephen Brier
The Left are busy looking back instead of devising laws to address inequalities, says Danny Dorling
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Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee, by John Bew
Britain got sober patriotism, purpose and more from its post-war leader, says Gordon Marsden
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Viruses: More Friends than Foes, by Karin Moelling
An expert’s personal guide helps Helen Bynum to get better acquainted with the fascinating ubiquitous microorganisms that live on and in us
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Best new books of the week – 15 December 2016
The perils and pains of growing old; romancing a Romance language; on hold, again; learning from failure; transparent higher education
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Entry grades ‘heavily influence’ future earnings, analysis finds
Some experts say government’s watershed data on pay could still transform student choice, while others highlight role of entry tariffs and region