Lord Strange's Men and Their Plays, by Lawrence Manley and Sally-Beth MacLean
Peter J. Smith applauds a study of an innovative company of actors and their influence on Elizabethan theatre
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The unacceptable persistence of inequality in wealth and power
To share the wealth we must challenge attitudes that perpetuate the great divide, finds Mary Evans
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A real bug for trilobites
Euan Clarkson admires an exquisite collection of images of an iconic arthropod’s fossil traces
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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HE & me - Stacey Gabriel
Stacey Gabriel is the director of the genomics platform at the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, a US biomedical and genomic research centre. In...
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Obituary - Chris Marlin
A pro vice-chancellor who forged a new international dimension for the University of Sussex has died.Chris Marlin was born in Adelaide, Australia on 19 May 1952 and studied at the University of...
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Wes Streeting worries that Westminster Boris may be nothing like London Boris
Boris Johnson was a popular shadow HE minister but universities might not find him so cuddly in the top job, writes Wes Streeting
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Felipe Fernández-Armesto - An invitation to indecent exposures
Felipe Fernández-Armesto muses on a twitterer’s aberration of judgement
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News in brief
Gay-friendliness Six institutions score top marks Six universities have scored full marks in an assessment of how gay friendly the UK’s higher education institutions are. Just two won the same...
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Brazil puts the stress on quality
Government aims to prioritise standards over enrolment, claims minister. Donna Bowater writes
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UCL network to flag up struggles of junior staff
Group to lobby coalition to highlight plight of well educated but broke early career researchers
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Reforming Egyptians follow UK lead
A government delegation has been inspired by British funding bodies
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Careers intelligence - Get students on the career path earlier
Students would be better served if placements occurred during – and not after – their degree course. John Elmes reports
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What does Scotland’s ‘no’ mean for the sector? David Bell says it will be truly better together, while Willy Maley rues a lost opportunity
Will higher education be better protected or was a chance for accountability lost? David Bell and Willy Maley on the referendum
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Israeli scholars asked to drop Ariel affiliation
Academics from controversial university were due to present papers at the European Association of Israel Studies’ annual conference