Gender equality and fairness is central to our culture
David Green outlines how his institution has successfully worked to close the gender pay gap
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US public universities eye big move into online education
After the collapse of for-profit colleges, big state universities see need and opportunity
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Australian research assessment captures flight to private cash
Skewed funding blunts government influence over what gets researched, expert warns
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Articles pulled after data fabrication in Cambridge DNA lab
Retractions in Nature and Science follow Abderrahmane Kaidi’s resignation from Bristol
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Research must solve social problems, says top EU policymaker
Jean-Eric Paquet tells university heads that there is now a ‘consensus’ that research must help deliver sustainable development goals
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Letters – 11 April 2019
Should UCU head be an academic? The general secretary of the University and College Union should be an academic (“Pension tactics central to UCU leadership race”, News, 4 April). A UCU leader should...
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New and noteworthy – 11 April 2019
A democratic black hole in Europe; London’s foundlings; how movies trash the environment; the poignant insignificance of life as lived; and morality for everyone
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Universities should be working for the greater good
Friendly competition can push us all to do better. But when the competitiveness that fuels excellence and prestige becomes based in the logic of the market, universities lose sight of their true...
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Hacking Life: Systematized Living and Its Discontents, by Joseph M. Reagle, Jr.
Btihaj Ajana on a critical overview of a movement that promises freedom yet makes even the simplest of tasks more labour-intensive
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Lost in a Good Game: Why We Play Video Games and What They Can Do for Us, by Pete Etchells
William Huber is unimpressed by an attempt to determine the psychological impact of gaming
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Ugliness and Judgment: On Architecture in the Public Eye, by Timothy Hyde
Richard J. Williams reflects on the hidden agendas behind controversies about ugly architecture
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The Goodness Paradox: How Evolution Makes Us More and Less Violent, by Richard Wrangham
Book of the week: Camilla Power assesses a bold new approach to the origins of morality
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Eva Palmer Sikelianos: A Life in Ruins, by Artemis Leontis
Liz Gloyn enjoys a bold attempt to tell the story of a fascinating but largely forgotten woman
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Where do billionaires go to university?
Select one of these universities if you harbour dreams of becoming a billionaire