Scholars challenge OUP’s standards
A group of leading scholars has presented a petition to Oxford University Press calling on the renowned publisher to uphold what it describes as “basic scholarly standards”.
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Bologna not to taste of German critics
Reforms instigated by the Bologna Process are damaging German universities and producing lower-quality graduates, a conference has heard.
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Complex bursaries and waivers leave students on ‘cliff edge’
The different means-tested bursary and fee-waiver schemes introduced by universities to mitigate the impact of higher tuition fees on poorer students will create “further complexity”, including “...
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‘Wanderlust’ is the key factor for studying abroad
Almost a quarter of students and school-leavers in the UK intend to study abroad, with the main motivators being a desire for adventure, plans for an international career or financial worries about...
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What Did the Romans Know? An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking
In the Upper Midwest, "What do you know?" generates the reply "Not much. You?" From the Romans, historians of science typically get a similar answer: "warmed-over Greek science". Daryn Lehoux offers...
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Postal Pleasures: Sex, Scandal, and Victorian Letters
Is post gendered? Does correspondence encourage queer cross-connections? Does the role of the postal or telegraph worker as an intermediary in love affairs (today, perhaps, we might think of the...
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Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired
Daily variations in human activity are driven by our built-in biological clocks, finds Greg Murray
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The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
Ever since the tragedy caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2008, the world has had its doubts about the longevity of "The City that Care Forgot". Long associated with carefree music and fleshly...
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The Event of Literature
This guidebook, which steers us confidently through some of the thickets of literary theory, is of the companionable and clever variety that we have become accustomed to expect from Terry Eagleton....
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Understanding Lone Wolf Terrorism: Global Patterns, Motivations and Prevention
Matthew Feldman reports on the modus operandi of far-Right 'leaderless resistance'
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News in brief
AustraliaTrustworthiness ratedThe Australian government has released a report containing data about how likely international students are to breach immigration rules based on their country of origin...
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I want scholar-leaders, not corporate managers, v-c says
Academics must be more involved in decision-making, David Matthews hears
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Have it our way, NI tells its sector
Institutions get targets on 'economic relevance', income and dropout rates. David Matthews writes
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News in brief
National Union of StudentsBurns can stay, Willetts should goLiam Burns was re-elected president of the National Union of Students, while the union also voted to call for the resignation of...
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Exeter means business with rich pickings for City types
REF and students' desire for insider insights spur career-switch scheme. David Matthews reports