The week in higher education - 21 August 2014
On A-level results day, Nick Pettigrew tweeted: “I got ABB in my A levels but needed another A to get a Uni place. So I say thank you for the music, for giving it to me.” As Mr Pettigrew describes...
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It couldn’t happen here?
The pitfalls of the American experience of marketisation are well known, but the UK need not make the same mistakes
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Who does what at English universities
Lecturers make up the largest group of staff employed at English universities, according to data compiled by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. More than 94,000 people were employed in...
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GTAs at University of Leeds target v-c in row over unpaid work
Postgraduate research students who teach call for an end to their ‘appalling treatment’ by the university
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Campus close-up: The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
The financial woes of its early years forgotten, LIPA’s head explains how the oversubscribed creative hub is extending its reach
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Retiring from academic life
US public institutions of higher education remain inept at preparing staff for life after work, says Lee Maril
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Killer instincts: capital punishment in America
Alan Ryan muses on the persistence of US support for the death penalty
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The Darkest Days: The Truth Behind Britain’s Rush to War, 1914, by Douglas Newton
A. W. Purdue extols a powerful contribution to the debate over the decision for war
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Working the Aisles: A Life in Consumption, by Robert Appelbaum
Leslie Gofton finds this fusion of memoir and essay blending academic learning, popular culture and politics fails to fully satisfy
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How to Manage Your Slaves, by Marcus Sidonius Falx, with Jerry Toner
A light-hearted approach to a harrowing subject is illuminating and packs a punch, finds Tom Palaima
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Watching Arabic Television in Europe: From Diaspora to Hybrid Citizens, by Christina Slade
An examination of viewing habits illuminates the lives of Arabic people who have made their home in Europe, finds Zahera Harb
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HEA’s International Scholarship awards axed
£140,000 2014 programme scrapped because of ‘significant budget cuts’
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Big Brother professor ‘unfairly dismissed’
Tribunal rules Manchester wrongly sacked high-profile psychologist Geoff Beattie
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Plymouth University council chair to be investigated over sexual harassment claims
The Plymouth University chair of governors who “placed on leave” its vice-chancellor will be investigated over claims he sexually harassed female staff
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Fracking protesters invade campus development
Swansea University has defended a new BP-funded research institute that anti-fracking protesters claim will hasten dangerous climate change