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How to tackle campus racism? Listen to and reward minority staff
University of British Columbia head advocates ‘servant leadership’ style to build diversity, in contrast to ‘very top-down’ approach at many institutions
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Biden’s cabinet picks underline that politics is alien territory for academics
The president-elect may have academic connections, but the path from campus to cabinet is rarely travelled successfully, say three political scientists
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Scholars fume as PhD theses sold as e-books on Amazon
Thousands of PhD dissertations by Durham University available on Kindle services following mass scraping of online repository
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Minority PhDs ‘have higher aspirations in diverse departments’
Research finds that having just one scholar from an underrepresented group has a positive impact on academic goals of doctoral students in the same department
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Australia warns universities’ foreign ties may be ‘lobbying’
Institutions with overseas links seen to be acting ‘on behalf of’ foreign interests
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Street Life in Renaissance Italy, by Fabrizio Nevola
Emily Michelson is fascinated by an illuminating study of how architecture expressed power and shaped people’s lives
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Student-to-community Covid transmission low, says Cambridge study
Genomic analysis demonstrates successful roll-out of testing programme at university, scientists say
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Academics demand v-cs and ministers rethink ‘key worker’ status
UK scholars call for relief on workload to prevent them feeling obliged to send children into schools during crisis
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Italy’s Covid research boost ‘must now be backed by investment’
Data show that Italy’s misfortune to suffer early in pandemic was a benefit for research but it could be short-lived
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Plagiarism questions swirl around controversial Turkish rector
Appointment of Melih Bulu, a former ruling party political candidate, has triggered days of protests from staff and students at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul
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More English universities preparing for full term teaching online
Despite guidance from government, most leaders do not expect to be able to teach majority of students face-to-face during spring term
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Teaching online: it’s hard, even for old hands, as is staying engaged
Having surveyed thousands of instructors on their lockdown experiences, James T. Walker discusses two key findings and their practical implications
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The hand-wringing over the UK’s Erasmus withdrawal is misplaced
The European programme’s globe-spanning successor, the Turing scheme, is more suited to meeting today’s challenges, says Louise Nicol