A post-retirement career as a public academic meets the moment’s need
Writing, speaking and advising offer the rewards of scholarly life without the constraints and contradictions of universities, says Harvey Graff
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Union halts boycott as Toronto renews job offer to Israel critic
Valentina Azarova declines to take human rights position, but CAUT suspends censure and claims academic freedom win
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George Freeman replaces Amanda Solloway as UK science minister
Former life sciences minister founded series of Cambridge biomedical start-ups before entering politics
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Reach out to Chinese alumni, Rudd tells ߣߣÊÓƵn universities
Nuclear submarine announcement elevates importance of universities’ soft power influence, says former PM
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Yale-NUS closure ‘nothing to do with academic freedom’
College’s defenders say its demise will dilute free expression, but education minister says its original critics opposed it for the same reason
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English coastal towns ‘lose one in three graduates’ to cities
IFS report suggests retention of graduates may be key to ‘levelling-up’ agenda Â
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Zahawi arrives with entry bar and loan changes on agenda
New education secretary may have limited opportunity to significantly change direction of travel at Westminster, say experts
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European universities plan long-term travel cuts post-Covid
Most institutions plan to swap short trips with virtual meetings
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We’ve seen ‘The Chair’. Now it’s time for ‘The Adjunct’
Academics have acclaimed the Netflix series. But how many have noticed the absence of non-tenure-track faculty, asks Tian An Wong
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New science minister awaited as Solloway heads to Whips’ Office
Derby North MP had held role since February 2020
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Quality and control
Online teaching, freedom of speech and minimum entry requirements are all caught in the strange disconnect between government and universities
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Health and science subject rankings 2022: results announced
UK reinforces its lead in clinical table and tops psychology for first time, while US dominates physical sciences and is on the up in life sciences
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World University Rankings 2022 by subject: table information
The data shown under key statistics are those provided by the university itself in its submission to the ߣߣÊÓƵ World University Rankings. They represent data from the 2019 academic...
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16 September 2021 digital edition
Flocking back: Scholarly perspectives on campus return
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Confronting Leviathan: A History of Ideas, by David Runciman
Lincoln Allison enjoys an overview of the great political thinkers very different from the kind he grew up with