Cosmopolitanisms, edited by Bruce Robbins and Paulo Lemos Horta
In this collection, cosmopolitanism is a leviathan, housing contradiction and dispute
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The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics, by Mark Lilla
For centrists to regain control will need more than a focus on citizenship, says Michael Marinetto
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‘Publish or perish’ is perverse without an effective publishing system
Pakistani journals lack the professionalism and expertise to support a thriving knowledge economy, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz
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The heavy lifting is done, but Sam Gyimah still has bridges to build
The UK’s new higher education minister needs to move beyond recent spats to prioritise science, funding and mitigating Brexit, says David Bell
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Australia’s cuts are not a lobbying failure
The government’s unilateral move to rein in costs is the inevitable result of a volatile and emotive political climate, says Warren Bebbington
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Russian students will not be manning the anti-Putin barricades
Presidential elections are looming, but government pressure on universities should ensure that students pose no threat to the ruling regime, says Ararat Osipian
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Books interview: Josephine Quinn
The historian and author of In Search of the Phoenicians on reading the Bible under the blankets, DIY Latin lessons and the keys to unlocking the ancient world
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The week in higher education – 18 January 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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What are you reading? – 18 January 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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You Don’t Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie’s Dark Side, by Orly Lobel
Book of the week: An intellectual property battle over two dolls puts the focus on market competition, Laura Frost finds
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Academic moonlighters: a bit on the side
Those who cross distant disciplinary boundaries are seen as unusual and viewed with suspicion. A handful of scholars tell Matthew Reisz why it suits them to stray
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One year of Donald Trump: how are US universities faring?
John Morgan travels to the University of California, Berkeley, a key battleground in the campus culture wars, to assess the mood towards US higher education and the threats that it faces
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Laurie Taylor – 18 January 2018
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New year, new universities minister
Cabinet reshuffle offers universities the chance of a relationship reset before they are likely caught in the first swell of a global wave of funding reviews