Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation, by Estelle B. Freedman
Joanna Bourke on a meticulous analysis of the responses of civil rights movements to sexual violence against women and girls
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Perceptions of the Research Excellence Framework
Source: AlamyClick image to enlargeThe extent of academic scepticism about the research excellence framework’s value has been revealed in a survey, published by the University and College Union...
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UK engineering is firing on all cylinders
Your correspondent Mark Lee makes a number of unfounded assertions about the engineering profession, the demand for engineers, the state of manufacturing and the Royal Academy of Engineering (Letters...
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Off Piste - Beetlemania
Nicolas Gompel explains how his pet obsession has inspired his investigations into biological diversity
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Q&A with Sir Christopher Snowden
We speak to the president of Universities UK. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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The week in higher education - 17 October 2013
A creepy clown whose eerie appearances have spooked a town has been unmasked as a University of Northampton student, the Sunday People revealed on 13 October. Dressed as the homicidal clown Pennywise...
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Pay ratios point to massive inequality
Cut wages at top to underwrite living wage to all, say Young Greens
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Oxford teaching and the £16K question
How does the university calculate the real cost of undergraduate education?
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Put part-time study at the heart of policy, says UUK review
Report warns of ‘market failure’ but critics say it doesn’t go far enough
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No law degree required for would-be solicitors
Legal training overhaul would promote diversity and cut costs, regulator says
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Can Marx retake the academy?
With interest in Ralph Miliband’s work high after the Mail’s attack, could Marxism regain academic ascendency? asks Martin McQuillan
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Europe hopes for common Mooc market and single currency
Credit transfer system could give Continent advantage over US
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Bath scholars call for rethink on PGCE closure
Save ‘outstanding’ programme, university told
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Research-led arrows to hit technology bullseye
Witty recommends more collaboration, more funding and more weight for impact in REF
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Biometric scanners used to keep tabs on overseas students
Sunderland and Ulster introduce fingerprinting systems