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#1 Submitted by ... on November 18, 2019 - 9:11am

What were all these hundreds professors doing before they were hired? Sitting around waiting for their true worth to be recognised?

German hiring spree for ‘digitalisation’ professors

Caught up in a national anxiety about falling behind technologically, universities have recruited hundreds of new professors including data experts and digital humanities professors

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German hiring spree for ‘digitalisation’ professors

Caught up in a national anxiety about falling behind technologically, universities have recruited hundreds of new professors including data experts and digital humanities professors

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Engineering booms, humanities declines as China reshapes research

Australia lags on arts, humanities and social sciences staffing

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