‘Patent first, publish later’ for societal impact, says academic
Vice-president says universities must convince researchers that journal articles are not the only way to disseminate knowledge
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How can young people be encouraged to vote?
Fewer and fewer young people are turning up to vote despite appearing more engaged in politics, writes James Sloam
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Want entrepreneurs? Then teach ethics, says leading innovator
Candace Johnson says universities should cultivate a belief in their students that they ‘can do everything’
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African partnerships ‘fail to build permanent research capacity’
South African minister says many collaborations amount to little more than ‘visits’
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‘Credit for peer review’ movement scales up
Acquisition of Publons by Clarivate Analytics sets the scene for major expansion
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Student life at a medical university with a high staff-to-student ratio
The Jikei University School of Medicine sent students a questionnaire asking them how having a high staff-to-student ratio affects their learning. Here are a selection of the answers
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Why I’ve read ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ every year since 2001
Lisa Mckenzie finds a new lesson in Orwell's classic every time she reads it – and this year, it concerns some of her fellow scholars
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Technology provides ‘golden opportunity’ for higher education reform
Philanthropist and entrepreneur Charles Chen Yidan says today’s education systems are ‘not suited to tomorrow’s society’
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Marc Bertrand, 1933-2017
Academic who prized French popular and high culture is remembered
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Interview with Lord Hastings
We talk mind-shaping, global citizenship and racial tolerance with the former BBC senior manager
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The Invention of Creativity: Modern Society and the Culture of the New, by Andreas Reckwitz
In the aesthetic economy, all individuals and cities can be branded producers, Andrew Blake learns
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The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class, by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
The author’s case that America’s richest are shifting to inconspicuous consumption is underpinned by many statistics, but Danny Dorling says they can be read other ways
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Invisibly Blighted: The Digital Erosion of Childhood, by Sandra Leaton Gray and Andy Phippen
From sexting to iris scans at school, a study eyes tech risks and responsibilities, says Lydia Plowman
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Hard-Boiled Hollywood: Crime and Punishment in Postwar Los Angeles, by Jon Lewis
Richard Williams on a study of Tinseltown, a place where dreams and death, success and tragedy, and fantasy and reality collide
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Jean-Lou Chameau: the leader with the Midas touch
Ellie Bothwell talks with the KAUST president about effective leadership, securing funding and the importance of keeping the local public onside