‘Sexist’ peer review causes storm online
Sussex researcher speaks of ‘disbelief’ at comments over paper on gender bias
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Q&A with Curt Rice
We speak to an American linguist who will become the first foreigner to head a Norwegian institution of higher education
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Student survey rates teaching qualifications above research activity
Hepi/HEA Student Academic Experience Survey results may intensify pressure on staff to gain formal accreditation
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Surprising responses to Hamlet Africa tour
Researcher finds reactions to Shakespeare performance vary wildly across continent
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Ten ‘academic’ words that have just made it into the dictionary
New edition of Collins English Dictionary contains raft of new terms
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It’s right to take a break
Rebecca Braun’s article about maternity leave for academics (“She knows, she tried”, Features, 23 January) gave a rather negative view of the experience and detracted from some of the progress that...
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The Spanish and Greek scholars thrust into national politics
Martin McQuillan on the critical theorists shaking up Syriza and Podemos
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High and popular culture to meet in new postcolonial studies centre
More football, less theory, says heroin scholar at the head of new hub
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How to Clone a Mammoth: The?Science of De-extinction, by Beth Shapiro
Work to bring creatures back from the dead is a tale of wonder and warning, writes Tiffany Taylor
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How to move up from a researcher post to lecturer
Report advises young academics to foster personal and research independence to advance their careers. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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If I were v-c for a day...
From tackling pay to decrees on sleep and email curfews, five scholars explain what they would do to improve the academy in 24 hours
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To Explain The World: The Discovery of Modern Science, by Steven Weinberg
A history of the steps humans took to explain how and why things work delights Cait MacPhee
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Attempts to 'gag and silence' academics are commonplace
Marina Warner explains why she chose to speak about her departure from the University of Essex