The week in higher education – 20 April 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Nobel laureates condemn ‘unimaginative’ research funding models
Peer review process punishes academics who ‘challenge the dogma’ of their field, scientists claim
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Textbooks are not enough
Serious novels promote the trust and people skills that societies need. They should be required reading for all degrees, says Peter Taylor-Gooby
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It’s your score in the long game that counts
As tactics to maximise rankings become common knowledge and fluctuation diminishes, universities will re-focus on a diversifying array of missions, says Merlin Crossley
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We must ensure that fortune favours the 500
The work of 500 scientists transformed the 20th century. Universities and funders must do more to make certain that the flow of groundbreaking discoveries continues, says Donald BrabenÂ
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What are you reading? – 20 April 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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New and noteworthy – 20 April 2017
Economics, modernised; remembering Bob Crow; the emergence of globalisation from a war-torn world; Big Brother; and a history of squatting
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Familiar Stranger: A Life Between Two Islands, by Stuart Hall, with Bill Schwarz
Book of the week: Fred Inglis yearns for post-1964 insights from the life of an icon of the intellectual Left
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Litmus test for science funding
The Naylor report will test the willingness of Justin Trudeau’s government to overhaul research support, writes Creso Sá
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Grant winners – 20 April 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Is the traditional research university doomed to extinction in a digital age?
With overcrowded lecture theatres the norm in undergraduate education today, online delivery has entirely replaced lectures and seminars in some institutions. So where to in the coming decade? Warren...
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What does the global future hold for higher education?
While some fear a dystopian outcome in which private innovators bypass the university, others are more sanguine about the potential threats to the sector