Philip Roth: Fiction and Power, by Patrick Hayes
Nigel Rodenhurst is dispirited by one-sided scholarship and an unwillingness to challenge a literary reputation
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Today’s intellectuals: too obedient?
Fred Inglis on the obligation of academics to speak truth to power
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Vivas could help prevent cheating in Gulf
Study suggests that unannounced oral exams can encourage integrity and engage students
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28 August 2014
Of mice and men - The obligation of academics to speak truth to power
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Q&A with Sneha Malde
We speak to a recipient of the L’Oréal-Unesco UK & Ireland fellowship for women in science
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Earl Cheit, 1926-2014
A leading academic administrator who also made a major contribution to business economics has died
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Appointments - 28 August 2014
The latest higher education appointments
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Grant winners - 28 August 2014
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Peter LeadlayInstitution: University of CambridgeThe biochemistry and...
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World in brief - 28 August 2014
Source: AlamyUnited StatesLittle labour market profit from for-profit degrees, study findsDo US employers prefer people who attended for-profit institutions to those with qualifications from...
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Tweet nothings
Re “Legal scholar’s ‘political’ tweets ruffle a few feathers” (News, 21 August), I look forward to the University of Leeds appearing in Laurie Taylor’s column, The Poppletonian.I’m happy to say that...
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Gringo challenge
The article on “gringos” (“graduates in non-graduate occupations”) lingering in underemployment for too long highlights an important issue (“Hey gringo, are you still there?”, News, 14 August).It...
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Geeks will inherit the earth
The assertion in the Week in Higher Education (News, 14 August) that computer science graduates are the least employable is incorrect.Figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency show...
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Unconscious bias
It is a delight to hear about University of Oxford vice-chancellor Andrew Hamilton’s recognition of the phenomenon of unconscious gender bias in academia (“Sexism in sector is unwitting but real,...
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Academia and beyond: life after a doctorate
Highlighting the challenges of doing a PhD in order to manage the expectations of prospective doctoral candidates, both during and post-PhD, is of course extremely valuable (“This far, and no further...