Remains of Flinders University’s namesake rediscovered
Archaeological find means tragic explorer will no longer ‘rest unnoticed’
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Immigration rule changes ‘undermine higher education in US’
Tally of administration policy shifts shows insidious and calculated strategy posing long-term academic harm, conference hears
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Regulator warns against unconditional offer ‘pressure selling’
Office for Students expresses concern that offers ‘with strings attached’ may limit students’ opportunities, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds
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University leaders hit out at firms’ ‘dangerous’ skills obsession
Vice-chancellors turn on businesses for not doing enough to educate and retrain their workforce
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Letters – 24 January 2019
Journals’ digital life assured as print phased out Journals’ digital life assured as print phased out PNAS is to be congratulated for its recent decision to cease printing its journal (“Out of paper...
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Fourth Degree by Laurie Taylor – 24 January 2019
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Official zero-hours figures unlikely to stem ‘casualisation’ row
First statistics from Hesa on extent of zero-hours contracts show 3 per cent of ‘typical’ workforce have them, but figure is far higher for ‘atypical’ staff
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Canada fears China crisis will curtail student recruitment boom
Diplomatic row echoes Chinese disputes with US and ߣߣÊÓƵ
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Plan S: how important is open access publishing?
The advent of Plan S promises to turbocharge the open access movement, but amid pushback from researchers and publishers, Rachael Pells examines whether the demand for published research truly merits...
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That’s driving me up the wall! Academics’ pet peeves
The scholarly calling may be all about intellectual pursuits, but university life is not without its petty irritations. A dozen academics describe the daily distractions that annoy them most
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Gospels before the Book, by Matthew D. C. Larsen
This appraisal of the gospels does not transform our understanding of them, says Robert A. Segal
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Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration and Identity, by Akbar S. Ahmed
Migrants’ stories remind us of the paradox of a comparatively affluent Europe that shows a lack of compassion for outsiders, writes Amina Yaqin
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What are you reading? – 24 January 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education, edited by Marc Spooner and James McNinch
Book of the week: resisting neoliberal managerialism won’t solve the academy’s problems, says Martin McQuillan
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Appointments – 24 January 2019
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