Research ‘culture shift’ needed in emerging European systems
Younger academics spending far less time on scholarship than in leading nations, analysis suggests
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Handful of Canadian universities prepare for marijuana on campus
A few institutions in the western part of the country are embarking on a social-educational experiment
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Fairness should lie at the heart of any funding reform
Universities owe it to students to create a transparent and fair higher education funding model, argues Anthony Forster
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UCU’s Sally Hunt censured over handling of pensions strike
No-confidence motion that triggered walkouts at the University and College Union’s June congress is shelved at recall event
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Powerful whites ‘chief beneficiaries’ of Harvard ‘discrimination’
Lawsuit by an Asian-American student challenging rejection reveals white students, not black applicants, to be the advantaged party
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A day in the life of a student in Canada
Ever wondered what a typical day looks like for a student in Canada? Geography and psychology student Becky Bradley shares her daily routine at the University of British Columbia
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How do we balance the Humboldtian equation?
What constitutes truly excellent teaching, and its oft-neglected relationship with research, are among the most urgent concerns in higher education
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Top tips on how to make your lectures interesting
A new teaching year has just begun in the northern hemisphere. Eight academics reflect on their experience of lecturing, and offer their tips on opening students’ eyes – and keeping them open
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Social Empathy: The Art of Understanding Others, by Elizabeth Segal
It’s still a puzzle how we come to care about groups different from us, says Constantine Sandis
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Freedom and Despair: Notes from the South Hebron Hills, by David Shulman
David Katz on a compelling and brutally honest memoir of a Jewish peace activist with Ta’ayush, an organisation that works with Palestinians in the West Bank
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Books interview: Alan Wolfe
The political scientist and author of The Politics of Petulance: America in an Age of Immaturity on fictional fascinations, mature reflections and dancing to the music of Powell
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What’s love got to do with it? Beyond desire and consent
Intimate teacher-student relationships must be off-limits even if consent is not an issue, says Agnieszka Piotrowska – who has personal experience of student vulnerability in such asymmetrical...
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The Image of Christ in Russian Literature, by John Givens
Margarita Vaysman finds out why Russian writers use negative images of Christ to explore religion
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Literary Studies Deconstructed: A Polemic, by Catherine Butler
Richard Bradford shares an author’s infuriation that the ‘mongrel subject’ of literary studies fails to reflect real-life talk about literature