The week in higher education – 14 June 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Lecturer’s suicide a ‘wake-up call’ on overworking in academia
Researchers criticise focus on aftercare for stressed staff members and urge leaders to tackle workload pressures head-on
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We must confront the culture of overwork to tackle academia’s mental health crisis
The news of another tragic death in academia rang too familiar for Grace Krause, who argues that working conditions are the root of the problem
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Language usage in the Netherlands is a quality issue
Concerns about whether internationalisation and English usage has gone too far should be addressed from the perspective of quality assurance, says Michèle Wera
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La sélection: the admissions procedure that dare not speak its name
France’s new ‘Parcoursup’ system for university entry is intensifying the nation’s historical agonies over whether selectivity is compatible with égalité, says Louise Lyle
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Universities must take greater care of care leavers
Life prospects for children who have been through the care system are dire, but with better support, higher education could be their salvation, says Patricia Walker
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Greater Oxbridge diversity will have academic as well as social benefits
The push to admit more students from ethnic backgrounds should not be seen as a chore but as a valuable opportunity to update curricula, says Sulaiman Ilyas-Jarrett
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UK universities must strive harder to limit the immigration damage
There are hints of a thaw in the Home Office’s icy hostility to immigrants, but universities could also do more to protect their own staff, says Paul Jump
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On Gravity: A Brief Tour of a Weighty Subject, by A. Zee
Tara Shears enjoys a breathless but substantial introduction to an inescapable force
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Skeletons: The Frame of Life, by Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams
Robert Montgomerie is fascinated by the wondrous, diverse structures that shape and support life
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What are you reading? – 14 June 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Troublesome Science: the Misuse of Genetics and Genomics in Understanding Race, by Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall
Book of the week: Taxonomy is a weapon wielded against myths that are difficult to kill off, says Steven Rose
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Everyday epiphanies: six academics recall turning points in their careers
Determination to make your own way is key to success in academia, but scholars’ research, teaching and even their lives can be transformed by a chance encounter or event
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Flintstone Modernism or The Crisis in Postwar American Culture, by Jeffrey Lieber
Film and architecture enjoy a double billing in a study of antiquity’s lasting impact, writes Liz Gloyn
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Books interview: Serinity Young
The author of on the figures, real and mythical, who sparked her flights of imagination