Obituary - Maurice Hutt
A leading historian of revolutionary France who helped to create the University of Sussex has died.Maurice Hutt was born in Rugby on 22 September 1928 to parents who had met in France during the...
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Leader - For young blood, we will have to look overseas
Demographics suggest that some universities may have to rely more than ever on overseas students for financial stability
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The spending review marks a shift from ‘human’ to ‘intellectual’ capital, argues Andy Westwood
Mass participation is a notable victim of the spending review’s refocusing of resources, argues Andy Westwood
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Jo Brewis and fellow Vida members describe an experiment to give female scholars refuge from the madding male crowd
Jo Brewis and fellow Vida members on an initiative that offers female scholars space to think without fear of aggression or ridicule
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Social science’s usage is preventing the discipline speaking truth unto power, warns Michael Billig
Social science writing talks of things when it needs to describe people, both the powerless and the powerful, argues Michael Billig
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Sally Feldman - Clocking off
Limiting hours would lift the burden on women, says Sally Feldman
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Letters
Professorial position: Liverpool, think againWe recently heard that the University of Liverpool intends to issue dismissal notices to 2,803 “non-academic” staff – 54 per cent of the institution’s...
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Trying Biology: The Scopes Trial, Textbooks, and the Antievolution Movement in American Schools by Adam R. Shapiro
Simon Underdown on a key battle between science and religion
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Count Arthur Strong
Gary Day welcomes the master of malapropism to a screen with a scale that matches his talent: small
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The week in higher education
In a thorough cock-up, the Indian Journal of Surgery has had to retract a paper on “Penile Strangulation by Metallic Rings”. According to the Retraction Watch website, the article tells the eye-...
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Population number crunch
Demographics suggest that some universities may have to rely more than ever on overseas students for financial stability
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Philosophy and Resistance in the Crisis: Greece and the Future of Europe by Costas Douzinas
Pavlos Eleftheriadis on an angry book charting a volatile situation
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Global academy bends to the winds of demographic change
Danny Dorling considers how population change influences the shape and direction of higher education in fundamental ways
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Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste by Philip Mirowski
A powerful critique of neoclassical economics raises profound questions for all, says Christopher Phelps
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Bite club: fangs, gangs and the hounds of hell
How a brutal murder led one academic to the underworld of dogfighting