What are you reading? – 28 September 2017
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World in brief – 28 September 2017
United States Right-ear advantage Inside Higher Ed reported on recent cases in which universities have ensured that figures from the Right speak on campus, while speakers on the Left have been “...
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Getting Through: The Pleasures and Perils of Cross-cultural Communication, by Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts
A look at intercultural dialogue ends up as an irritating guide to manners, says Susan Bassnett
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Books editor’s blog: Custard, Culverts and Cake: academics on life in The Archers
Ambridge provides fertile ground for academic analysis
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Sir David Cannadine: ‘I’m all for a free trade in ideas’
The distinguished historian talks to Matthew Reisz about his latest book and his new role as president of the British Academy
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Laurie Taylor – 28 September 2017
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Prize and prejudice?
Despite their scientific achievements, women account for only 5% of Nobel prize-winners. It diminishes them – and the award, says John Gill
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Commonwealth universities set path to development role
Association of Commonwealth Universities and Commonwealth Secretariat strike agreement
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French university suspends classes after migrants set up camp
Refugee and asylum seekers pitch tents on campus in northeastern France
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Indian academic under fire for calling Hindu goddess ‘prostitute’
Police complaint is filed against Delhi University lecturer after he posted comment on Facebook
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Seven lecturers arrested in Italian anti-corruption probe
Move comes after country’s top anti-corruption chief turns attention to Italy’s universities
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Labour 2017: Corbyn’s ship remains afloat in Brighton
Pam Tatlow finds a lively political conference buoyed by talk of abolishing tuition fees
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Mexico university resumes classes following deadly earthquake
Staff and students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico return to studies
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Chinese universities urge academics to ‘promote socialist values’
Move follows government accusation that ideological and political work at some top institutions was weak