Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus, by Laura Kipnis
A polemic against the new McCarthyism in US universities catches Jane O’Grady’s attention

A polemic against the new McCarthyism in US universities catches Jane O’Grady’s attention

International education is ߣߣƵ’s third-largest export industry, worth more than A$20 billion, and is set for further growth driven by current geopolitics. Jack Grove reports on how...

Texas-born scholar Angelia Wilson talks to Matthew Reisz about the changing face of political studies, Trump and the Christian Right, and a Bible Belt road trip

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A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
Does Paul G. Ellis really believe that a PhD in creative writing does not involve “intense intellectual capability and effort” (Letters, 15 June)? I am sure that he is familiar with the Quality...
Sir David Bell’s opinion article “No matter who wins, higher education must change the record” (8 June) illustrates the qualities required to survive in Whitehall. But the advice is profoundly wrong...
John Hendry (“Within reason”, Features, 15 June) believes in the value of teaching reason and argues that the only reasoned position on Brexit is to be a Remainer. However, the overwhelming...

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The TEF results will not halt universities’ unease about the exercise, the prospect of gaming the system or anxiety about long-term consequences