Interview with Cristina Lo Celso
The Imperial College London stem cell biologist discusses her Italian roots, the search for a cancer cure and dealing with a crowded commute
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Sir John Marsh, 1931-2017
Tributes paid to agricultural economist who wielded significant policy influence
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Academics back authorship statements to stamp out ‘abuse’
Two-thirds of researchers have been slighted by seniors on authorship issues, THE poll reveals
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On the Couch: A Repressed History of the Analytic Couch from Plato to Freud, by Nathan Kravis
Sink into a beguiling and lively study of a potent symbol of psychoanalysis, says Steven Groarke
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The Philosophical Hitchcock: Vertigo and the Anxieties of Unknowingness, by Robert B. Pippin
Nathan Abrams examines an impressively close scrutiny of the 1950s film
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The Rome We Have Lost, by John Pemble
Explore the gladiator of cities before it became a stop on the Eurotrash circuit, says Emily Michelson
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Brexit and British Politics, by Geoffrey Evans and Anand Menon
Eliane Glaser on a study of a gripping drama that has monopolised national discussion
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Research collaboration: does absence make the heart grow fonder?
Academics are likely to be happier at work if their research involves scholars away from their institution, study reveals
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South Africa’s tuition fee deadlock risks chaos for universities
Higher education institutions may need to cut jobs if they are unable to raise fees to offset state funding cuts
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The week in higher education – 30 November 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Degrees of happiness: graduates report higher well-being
Hefce analysis finds that UK graduates cope better with divorce, ill-health and unemployment than non-graduatesÂ
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Catholicism is not creationism
It is wrong and discriminatory to assume that religion is a barrier to academic or professional excellence, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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A cooperative university must ensure high standards
Rigour, hierarchy and payrolls are not incompatible with an anti-managerial, democratic and grades-free approach, says Eliane Glaser
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The new REF rules could end game-playing – but only if we let them
The 2021 research excellence framework could be more representative and humane than ever, but the devil will be in the implementation, says James Wilsdon
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A little light reading for hard times
Amid all the doom and gloom, to which self-help books can academics turn for some cheer?