Middle managers’ tunnel vision ‘barrier to diversity’ in science
Scientific excellence must mean more than ‘how good someone is with a round-bottom flask’, conference hears
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If you’re feeling lonely at university, you’re not alone
Blogger Seb Ward was told that university would be ‘the time of his life’, perhaps that’s why the loneliness felt so crippling
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Letters – 1 November 2018
Electoral win is not only route to political impact Your feature “Power drill” (25 October) reported on US scientists who have sought to get themselves and other like-minded scholars into elected...
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Market bet could cost communities a great deal
The possibility of a university failing as it is exposed to commercial forces could have consequences that ripple out far beyond campus
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African students shun West for China
China’s growing presence in Africa is causing many students to head to Asia rather than Western universities, says Zahir Irani
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A scholar’s book perfect for kids…and presidents, too
Matthew Reisz considers how children’s literature that draws on academic scholarship can hold lessons for readers of any age or social rank
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Appointments – 1 November 2018
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The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism, by Catherine Rottenberg
Book of the week: leaning in self-determinedly sidelines collective efforts to secure equality, says Emma Rees
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Is Russia’s 5-100 Project working?
Simon Baker weighs the evidence for the transformation of the country’s higher education system
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The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture, by Heather Mac Donald
A polemic against the divisive effect of ‘victimology’ puts its author’s prejudices on display, says Joanna Williams
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Bluffocracy, by James Ball and Andrew Greenway
Nick Hillman disputes a narrative that assumes all would be well if ‘experts’ were put in charge
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What are you reading? – 1 November 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Mussolini and Hitler: The Forging of the Fascist Alliance, by Christian Goeschel
Neil Gregor tracks the power shifts in the wartime relationship between a destructive pair of leaders
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The Italian Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of Italy, by Simon Levis Sullam
Ordinary citizens were far more complicit in the Holocaust than one society is prepared to admit, says Giulia Miller