Pay hikes at Russell Group likely to stoke discontent over wages
Although remuneration slipped off the top of the agenda at UK universities last year, generous salary rises for v-cs will not be overlooked, says Jack Grove
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The week in higher education – 5 January 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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VR: a new dimension in learning?
Will virtual reality help students on campus and online learn better and more cheaply? David Matthews reports
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Academics’ new year’s resolutions: from actual self to ideal self
From giving up Bremoaning and plastic cutlery, to publishing 10 papers in one year and sketchnoting, scholars share their goals for 2017
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Get Out of My Room! A History of Teen Bedrooms in America, by Jason Reid
A study of adolescents’ spaces unlocks mysteries and nostalgia. Enter if you dare, says Emma Rees
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Books interview: David W. Orr
The Paul Sears distinguished professor at Oberlin College on the hottest climate change literature, gifting nature books and post-US election reading
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Harmful and Undesirable: Book Censorship in Nazi Germany, by Guenter Lewy
From the first fires to other forms of prohibition, a first-rate study charts a complex history, says Robert Gellately
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The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalisation, by Richard Baldwin
Spanning 200,000 years of human trading, this study considers the influence of technology and the fallout of global interconnectedness, says Juliet Webster
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What are you reading? – 5 January 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, And Why It’s So Hard to Stop, by Anna Lembke MD
A study probes a silent global epidemic: addiction to prescription medication, says David Healy
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Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy, by Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice E. Stucke
Book of the Week: lack of effective antitrust oversight leaves us at the mercy of digital platforms, says Julia Powles
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Limiting PhDs creates the wrong kind of elite
Fixing problems in the academic job market by reducing the number of PhDs would homogenise the sector, argues Tom Cutterham
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The university as ‘critic and conscience’ of society
The Higher Education and Research Bill is a chance for institutions to show they do more than research and teaching, says Graham Virgo
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Laurie Taylor – 5 January 2017
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Premier pro: 10 tips for university leaders
From respect and metrics to mistakes and biscuits, management scholar John Hendry offers advice