Tuition fees ‘not the answer’ for Argentina as budgets squeezed
Buenos Aires rector says public universities remain committed to their social mission
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What being a professional bodybuilder taught me about gaining tenure
An injury forced Laura Rotunno to stop extreme bodybuilding, but the experience taught her how to take risks in her academic career
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Top researchers don’t make better teachers, study finds
Dutch study finds students do not get better grades if they are taught by leading scholars
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New Zealand plans three-year work right for foreign graduates
Proposals also curtail opportunities for dependants of international students in the country
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Sally Hunt clings on as UCU leader as congress curtailed
Staff refuse to allow delegates to consider motion calling for general secretary’s resignation
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Scholarly societies ‘more diverse than universities’
World-first study suggests scientific societies may offer an underappreciated avenue for female academics to burst through the glass ceiling
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What free higher education really means (and doesn’t mean)
Free tuition policies might appear to alleviate student debt and create more access to higher education, but the reality is a far less equitable system, says Ariane de Gayardon
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A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada, by Edyta Bojanowska
This impressive account of the Russian empire draws on several disciplines, writes Lara Douds
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Vatican I: The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church, by John W. O’Malley
Papal infallibility became dogma only when Pius IX sought a means to shore up his authority as the Church’s power waned, writes John Cornwell
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What are you reading? – 31 May 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Seduction: Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy, by Rachel O’Neill
Book of the week: the lonely and anxious men devising and sharing pick-up techniques misidentify women as the root of their problems, writes Katherine Angel
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Laurie Taylor – 31 May 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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How’s business? Balancing the academy and industry
As universities mull their partnerships with outsiders, all eyes study their power within national economic hierarchies
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Erasmus+ exchange programme set to open to all countries in 2021
European Commission proposal means the UK will be able to seek an agreement to participate post-Brexit