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In her review of Janet Sorensen’s Strange Vernaculars, Elspeth Jajdelska says the book “explains how the speech of criminals, provincials, the labouring classes and sailors was recreated in print to...
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Structural break
Emma Rees rightly pleads for a summer holiday away from “Lacan, Kristeva and Foucault too…” (“Crumbs of comfort on the beach”, 24 August). Don’t we all need a break as well from Saussure, the father...
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Predatory journals a ‘global problem’, study warns
Research reveals majority of authors publishing in illegitimate journals come from wealthy countries
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‘Predatory’ journals: the situation is urgent, so why don’t we fight back?
The solutions to the predatory publishing problem are known, we just need to implement them, say Larissa Shamseer and David Moher
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Let students take phones into exams, says Harvard professor
Eric Mazur, father of the ‘flipped classroom’, says rethinking assessment is the next frontier
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Berkeley needs ‘serious debate’ on public-private future – Dirks
Iconic Californian institution’s viability as a state university called into question by fall in public support and growing political intrusion, says ex-chancellor
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Widening participation: LSE bucks trend as ‘elite’ universities struggle
Despite putting more money into improving access, the top universities still struggle, finds Emilie Sundorph
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Brexit ‘threatens London’s lead as global HE destination’
Analysis of university-city performance shows UK’s capital has a lot to lose if EU exit is botched
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Nobel laureate: ‘I fear young will lose confidence in academia’
US physician also tells summit that, while governments change, ‘science goes on’
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THE podcast: World Academic Summit 2017 review
The THE team select their highlights from the 2017 World Academic Summit
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CBI calls for UK universities’ EU research links to be protected
Carolyn Fairbairn’s UUK speech will also criticise Labour’s plans to abolish tuition fees in England