Appointments – 5 July 2018
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Does research conflict with teaching? It depends what you are researching
Social scientists’ inexplicable failure to conduct research on their own campuses is holding back quality in undergraduate education, says Richard Arum
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When erudition is not enough, activism is a must
When the alt-right made highly dubious claims about historical Irish slavery, Natalie Zacek realised that a rebuttal from an expert would make no difference
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Last Resort: the Financial Crisis and the Future of Bailouts, by Eric A. Posner
It’s time to make honest women out of the bodies that rescued the banks, argues Sir Howard Davies
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Books interview: Nadine Akkerman
The author of Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain on unreliable narrators and spymistresses
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Germany’s two-tier HE system is not all that it seems
Some commentators have urged the UK to replicate German universities of applied science. It’s not that simple, says Neil Shirtcliffe
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Without investment, student mental health will only get worse
UK students may be less likely to commit suicide than the general population, but rates are rising. A properly informed and funded response is vital, says Sarah Niblock
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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library, by Edward Wilson-Lee
Book of the week: An erudite biography of Christopher Columbus’ illegitimate son impresses Alexander Samson
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What is Real? The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics, by Adam Becker
This defence of quantum physics replaces one problem with another, writes Cait MacPhee
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The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality), by Errol Morris
A one-sided account of a conflict between an eminent professor and an Oscar-winning film-maker is both upbeat and challenging, finds Howard Segal
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Are teaching and research mutually exclusive?
Is the 4* researcher who is also a stellar teacher a realistic expectation? Times Higher Education surveyed academics to find out. Jack Grove reports
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THE podcast: Debt and the academy
A discussion about how universities around the world are turning to bonds markets to raise money
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Digital evolution: a new approach to learning and teaching in higher education
Creating a digital learning environment isn’t just about convenience for students, it’s about preparing them for the future, says Renee Patton
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International outlook pays off as Japan holds its ground
Overseas students seen as key buffer against rankings drop and demographic decline
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Call to end foreign staff attendance monitoring as data ‘unused’
Home Office says records on international academics are ‘not collated in a manner which can be reported on’