THE podcast: 17-23 September 2015 issue review
This week's issue discussed by the Times Higher Education team
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Government names universities hosting 'extremist' speakers
Move comes as universities minister criticises National Union of Students for failing to back new rules to curb ‘extremist’ speakers on campus
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State school students outperform those from private schools at university
Hefce study finds independent school students are less likely to get a first or a 2:1
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What are you reading? – 17 September 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Eternal dilemmas: interview with Mark Edmundson
Are you an idealist or a pragmatist? In his latest book, Self and Soul, Edmundson aims to provide fresh insights into how we might choose to live our lives
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What academics really do on their summer ‘holidays’
A long break sounds luxurious but what is the reality? Scholars share what they did with their ‘free’ time
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To stop REF game playing, why not let everyone take part?
David Price argues that axeing staff selection would remove the temptation to manipulate data and protect careers
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What have we learned from the Reproducibility Project?
Did a huge research replication exercise do a power of good? ask Wolfgang Stroebe and Miles Hewstone
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Grant winners – 17 September 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Laurie Taylor – 17 September 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Agreeing on the unequivocal
The Higher Education Policy Institute’s reports are meant to encourage debate, so it is good to see Howard Hotson’s response to our latest publication, Keeping up with the Germans, which I wrote (“...