Paul de Man: the fall and the fallout
Is it time to stop picking over the scandals of Paul de Man’s life and focus on his critical work? asks Martin McQuillan
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UCU presses Warwick to sever ties with SGH Martineau after blog post
Senior associate David Browne likened the handling of Suárez to that of ‘insubordinate’ scholars
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King’s cuts and runs from debate
Editor’s note: Dorothy Bishop’s article on proposed job losses at King’s College London (“A senseless purge”, Opinion, 3 July) attracted many comments on ߣߣƵ’s website. Among them...
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Students’ unions are being co-opted and depoliticised
Their democratic structures undermined and autonomy rescinded, the bodies face a quiet, deadly crisis, says Michael Chessum
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Plymouth offers no information on Wendy Purcell's leave status
Vice-chancellor’s absence fuels speculation but university stays quiet
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News in brief - 10 July 2014
Vice-chancellors’ payGoldsmiths gives students a sayA London university has become the first in the UK to allow a student to join the panel that decides its vice-chancellor’s pay. A student will now...
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Swansea staff accused of being stuck in the 1960s
Dean Nigel Piercy is accused of ‘undermining’ academics’ confidence with his outspoken view
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Analysis: Slow progress on recognition of teaching excellence
More universities introduce teaching professorships but rewards still lag behind those for research
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The right to be unpopular
Universities need to be careful about equating academic freedom and outspoken opinions with employee misconduct
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Toughest teaching challenges
We asked scholars about the topics they find hardest to teach
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Named but not shamed
Christopher Beedham makes excellent points in his insightful letter about the managerial blight that now paralyses UK universities (“A vote to leave the market”, Letters, 3 July).There is, I feel,...
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King’s updates at-risk staff via external forum
Use of comments section of THE’s website to apprise staff of revised redundancy plans defended
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Heavenly low-exhaust cars: THE exam howlers competition
Malapropisms fuel the nominations for the best of this year’s exam bloopers
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Salaries of high-earning professors may be disclosed
ICO rules that there is ‘public interest in transparency and openness’ in case involving King’s College London
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The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter, by Katherine Freese
Virginia Trimble on the search for the mysterious, magical secret ingredient of the universe