The week in higher education – 14 July 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Grant winners – 14 July 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Brexit pity parties show how out of touch academia is
Frank Furedi says the mournful mood on campus and the disparagement and silencing of Leave supporters betray an isolated scholarly class
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Radical acts of kindness are more needed than ever
Amid the uncertainty and anxiety post-Brexit, we must be brave and reach out to and support each other, writes Rachel Moss
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Laurie Taylor – 14 July 2016
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Revitalised university museums still face big challenges
Campus collections have found new audiences and roles, but they still face significant questions, says Nicholas Thomas
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‘Injustice’ at London Met
The compulsory redundancies of David Hardman and Mark Campbell, two leading University and College Union representatives at [!London Metropolitan University!], are a travesty of justice. Their...
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UCU must respond
The University and College Union represents a diverse body of workers, and UK academics held a range of views on the recent European Union referendum. Since the result was announced, many academics...
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Old orthodoxies
Although Howard Hotson is correct that the earliest university to be established in what is now the European Union was Bologna (1088), he should cast his net more widely to identify the first “...
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Missed education
The article questioning how an anti-intellectual Leave campaign won makes some important points, but it only emphasises a tendency that prevails in UK public culture, namely the devaluation of...
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Universities need to be brave and reboot
Academia, like journalism, can adapt to the digital landscape by seeing opportunities, not obstacles, and with bold reimaginings
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BME students more likely to do master’s, but not research
Lack of progression may help to explain BME under-representation in academic workforce