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Letters – 2 August 2018
Give student evaluations serious thought The research on student evaluations of teaching is inconsistent, largely because the instruments vary so widely. The many potential limitations of SETs are...
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How to survive A-level results day
Hannah Morrish, education community manager at The Student Room, shares her advice for students preparing for A-level results day
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International perspective: an American student in China
American student Roan Guinan first encountered Tsinghua University on a school trip, and then later realised it was the right university for him to go to
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Mixing It: Diversity in World War Two Britain, by Wendy Webster
People of many countries and ethnic backgrounds boosted the war effort, learns Panikos Panayi
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Has the Gay Movement Failed?, by Martin Duberman
Sharif Mowlabocus reflects on how politics took a back seat as LGBTQ organisations advanced
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What are you reading? – 2 August 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Domestic Noir: The New Face of 21st Century Crime Fiction, edited by Laura Joyce and Henry Sutton
Book of the week: Dream homes, women on the edge, murder – we’ve been here before, says Sharon Wheeler
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Don’t get comfortable: the rise of the precarious academy
Precarity is a significant feature of the academy worldwide, creating a feeling of ‘academic apartheid’ as it grows. Ellie Bothwell explores its impact
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Does the inspirational teacher still have a place in today’s academy?
Lincoln Allison was inspired to teach by academics who loved what they did and communicated this to students. But has all passion for teaching been eliminated by creeping assessment and...
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Educational Equality and International Students: Justice across Borders?, by Stuart Tannock
Fees and fairness are at stake in UK HE’s global search for students, learns Aniko Horvath
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Books editor’s blog: a riff on physics that shreds boundaries
Philip Moriarty explains quantum mechanics with heavy metal music in
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Denis Mitchison, 1919-2018
Tributes paid to tuberculosis expert who worked on the first randomised controlled clinical trial
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Call to rethink China branch campuses over academic freedom risks
Experts say long-running joint ventures should be seen as a ‘litmus test’
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Bullying ‘endemic’ at Sussex, report warns
Vice-chancellor says university is committed to improving staff well-being