Academic freedom: justified privilege, or overreach of expertise?
Academic lawyer and conservative thinktank leader go head-to-head
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Positively shocking: using James Bond to teach liberal arts
Bondologist Martin D. Brown says the complex Bondian universe can be used to teach students about modern international history
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UK leaning heavily on EU academics for ERC grant success
Almost half of ERC grants awarded to UK institutions for 2018 won by EU nationals, as UK sees overall decline in successful bids
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THE podcast: tensions between faculty and their students
Are students the ones with the entitlement problem?
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National Student Survey 2018: big names take hit as boycott fades
Most universities omitted after the boycott are back in for this year’s NSS, although Cambridge and Oxford still fail to feature
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Thousands back professor fired for missing grant income targets
Jim Newell’s dismissal by Salford ‘speaks volumes’ about extent of sector marketisation, campaigners say
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Social media support needs to go beyond self-branding
In their enthusiasm for faculty to engage on social networks and have online brands, universities need to prepare academics for the toxicity that can come with it, argues Philip Moriarty
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Research England: there is no one-size-fits-all model for OA monographs
Developing an open-access policy for long-form scholarly works that allows for flexibility and a wide range of exceptions will be a slow and steady process, says Helen Snaith
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The Spectral Arctic: A History of Ghosts and Dreams in Polar Exploration, by Shane McCorristine
Supernatural subjects went hand in glove with explorers of the frozen poles, Simon Young learns
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Books interview: Katherine West Scheil
The professor of English at the University of Minnesota talks about her love of mystery and adventure and how this translates to writing about past lives
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Laurie Taylor – 26 July 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent, by Daegan Miller
Seldom-seen faces from 19th-century US expansion are decidedly green, says Jeff Ferrell
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Feminism, by Deborah Cameron
Catherine Rottenberg finds much to admire in a provocative new appraisal of the feminist movement
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What are you reading? – 26 July 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers