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The four ages of UK university governance
Universities in the UK have developed a range of different approaches to governance, and there’s no sign that the trend will stop, says Michael Shattock
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The week in higher education – 23 March 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Career advice: ‘presenteeism’ is hurting higher education
With academics reluctant to take sick leave, universities must become more aware of the dangers of ‘presenteeism’, says Gail Kinman
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Student Experience Survey 2017: new favourites upset old order
Harper Adams tops our annual poll as Cambridge and other top 10 mainstays slide down
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John Felstiner, 1936-2017
Long-serving Stanford University scholar remembered
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Interview with Louis Taillefer
We talk misconceptions about quantum physics, the importance of global research collaboration and Nobel prize aspirations with the award-winning Canadian physicist
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UK universities’ confusion on Brexit ‘toxic’, says Germany’s U15
Lack of clear strategy to keep UK in EU’s research framework is blocking new collaborative projects
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World Academic Summit 2017: full programme announced
Nobel laureates and university presidents will speak at flagship THE event at King’s College London
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A lack of ideological diversity is killing social research
Without more conservative perspectives in the academy, lawmakers will increasingly ignore and potentially defund social science, says Musa al-Gharbi
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Grant winners – 23 March 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Darwin and the Making of Sexual Selection, by Evelleen Richards
Book of the week: Simon Underdown enjoys a stunning view of Darwin at work on his less celebrated classic
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Left-Wing Melancholia: Marxism, History and Memory, by Enzo Traverso
A wide-ranging study is triumphant in plumbing the depths of socialist despair, says Fred Inglis