Cunegonde’s Kidnapping: A Story of Religious Conflict in the Age of Enlightenment, by Benjamin J. Kaplan
A tale of the priest, the boy, his aunt and her arrest in 1762 is first-rate micro-history, says Alec Ryrie
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Keep adding colour to academic online self-portraits
Junior scholars urged to develop robust profiles on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook to boost their careers and ward off risk of ‘shadow self’
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Global universities take pride in hiring home-grown talent
Academic inbreeding is not considered unusual or problematic in many countries, according to study
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Don’t be afraid: live in the light
Universities must have at heart a public ethos counterbalance to weigh against commercial interests and state diktat
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Durham University rent covers bed, board and investment costs
Email reveals that a third of accommodation payments is spent on capital and borrowing expenditure
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Senior administrative staff salary details kept secret
Universities claim releasing information would harm commercial interests or breach staff privacy
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Is your university Twitter profile perfect?
Things to say, and things to not say, in a campus biography
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High-impact journals may not help careers: study
Research finds no correlation between publications’ impact factor and economics scholars’ perceived career payoffs. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Private providers create ‘Russell Group of the alternative sector’
Members of the Independent Universities Group want to distinguish themselves from ‘dodgy’ for-profit colleges
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Loan approval comes with Hefce observer on governors’ board
Funding council installs overseer after permitting University of Northampton to borrow £300m for Waterside campus
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How to avoid interview pitfalls
Jenny Pickerill offers some advice on some common mistakes and how to stand out from the pack
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Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 1941-2014
A leading historian of mathematics and logic has died
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The secret fantasies of the political classes
Pulp thrillers by MPs reveal something disturbing about Britain’s political unconscious, say Nicola Allen and Aidan Byrne
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Q&A with Jackie Ashley
We speak to the next president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, the only women’s university college in Europe for students aged 21 and over
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'Universities are selling things to people - they are businesses'
Aston business school dean prizes feedback from alumni and employers as institutions begin to work like corporations