Dartmouth lawsuit alleges long-running culture of sexual abuse
Several months after college removed three professors, student lawsuit outlines years of grades and promotions tied to sexual demands
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Letters – 15 November 2018
Work with any party involves a judgement call The article “Scientists urged to rethink China links” (News, 8 November) states that those who work with military scientists in China, in effect, support...
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Appointments – 15 November 2018
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Less than half of public ‘positive’ about UK universities
Survey respondents question value of degree-level education, but most would encourage their children to enrol
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The British public supports universities – it’s time government gets on board
If not, the country’s single biggest success story could be at risk, says Janet Beer
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Academics and the fundamentals of caring
It’s easy to say academics should be kinder and more giving to students, but they already face myriad other demands and must mind professional boundaries
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Veteran Poetics: British Literature in the Age of Mass Warfare, 1790-2015, by Kate McLoughlin
Victims, heroes, delinquents: those returning from conflict unsettle society, writes Helena Goodwyn
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Stories of Solidarity, by Hywel Francis
Robert Gildea on a history of the South Wales mining community that is full of nostalgia but also looks to the future
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What are you reading? – 15 November 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Universities in developing nations still need support from the Western academy
Despite his stressful sudden exit from Papua New Guinea, John Warren insists that Western universities must continue to send staff to institutions in the developing world
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Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition, by Francis Fukuyama
A thinker revisits democracy’s power to unite in light of populism’s rise, writes Martin Cohen
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Linguistic Disobedience: Restoring Power to Civic Language, by Yuliya Komska, Michelle Moyd and David Gramling
When authoritarian populists employ the speech forms once deployed to counter totalitarians, how are we to critique what we consider abuses? wonders Deborah Cameron
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Books editor’s blog: it’s a world of numbers – prime yourself
People face a daily blizzard of statistics and figures. With his book Millions, Billions, Zillions, Brian Kernighan tries to help them through the storm. Matthew Reisz writes
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On call: how much support should academics give students?
Round-the-clock demands from students can take a toll on lecturers. With a THE survey highlighting rising expectations, Anna McKie asks where the line should be drawn between professional and private...