Broncos, pirates, professors: all powerless before corporate march
Restructures and rebrandings of public universities are taking a toll on mascots and more, says Robert Lee Maril
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Laurie Taylor on academics v administrators
Is there a way for the two tribes to rub along? An academic and an administrator consider the rules of engagement
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The decline of the Greek empire: US fraternities
The male student societies are under pressure like never before. Is it time to shut them down – or can they mend their ways?
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The tip-top club: home to 173 men and just 28 women
Of top 200 institutions in the world, only one in seven has a female leader, research shows
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Timbuktu, directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Murderous deeds in Islam’s name cannot exterminate love and courage in this moving Mali-set drama inspired by real events, writes Duncan Wu
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Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator, by Oleg V. Khlevniuk
Robert Gellately extols a life history of the Soviet strongman
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Hubris: Why Economists Failed to Predict the Crisis and How to Avoid the Next One, by Meghnad Desai
The idea of equilibrium is a dangerous delusion, finds Stewart Lansley
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Grant winners – 28 May 2015
National Institute for Health Research, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, and more
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British-Islamic Identity: Third-Generation Bangladeshis from East London, by Aminul Hoque
Caught between two cultures, six teenagers turn to Arabic to feel at home, finds Mafruha Mohua
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For PhD students, £25K ‘doesn’t even scratch the surface’
Mick Fuller discusses the changes he’s seen to postgraduate funding as UKCGE chair
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Dickens and the Business of Death, by Claire Wood
The Victorians found much profit in the grave, and Boz was there to document its blackly comic excess, writes Ruth Richardson
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The silent majority in higher education
Academics have a duty to explain why they hold their political beliefs, says Shahidha Bari
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Paying Bribes for Public Services: A Global Guide to Grass-Roots Corruption, by Richard Rose and Caryn Peiffer
M. Emranul Haque on why hard information is the best way to stop the backhanders
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New Generation Thinkers anointed by BBC
Young experts in everything from wartime France to the theme of the widow in British literature have been selected in this year’s cohort of New Generation Thinkers.
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PhD loans: the wrong carrot?
Paul Wakeling and Adél Pásztor consider the alternatives