How high can SUSTech fly?
Ahead of THE’s Asia Universities Summit in Shenzhen, Jack Grove visits the city known as China’s Silicon Valley to assess whether its ambitious new university could really emulate Stanford – and...
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Laurie Taylor – 1 February 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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What are you reading? – 1 February 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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China’s SUSTech is in a serious hurry to succeed
The plans for SUSTech capture the boldness of the country’s ambitions to create in years universities that can match century-old powers
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New and noteworthy – 1 February 2018
Cultural forces written on the body; rules for living; the big impact of small thefts; an insight into Edwardian archaeology in Egypt; Michael Sandel in China
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Full-spectrum knowledge exchange
It would not be out of place to state that the detractors of the knowledge exchange framework share the same misgivings as their research and teaching assessment counterparts (“The shape of KEF to...
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Access and growth
The article “Most privileged outnumber least advantaged 2:1 at most UK HEIs” (News, 25 January) did not give a complete picture of recruitment at post-92 institutions, including mine at the...
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Breaking barriers
The article “Female academics told image more important than quality of work” (News, 25 January) rightly highlighted that women in higher education (like men) will be judged in a certain way in the...
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Off stage remarks
Peter J. Smith tells us that he has seen Hamlet 40 times and that he does not like my book Hamlet and the Vision of Darkness (“More twists than a pretzel”, Books, 25 January). This is his right....
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A thirsty thinker
According to Sir David Bell (What are you reading? , 25 January), “Gordon Brown was Britain’s most cerebral modern prime minister”. Another contender is surely Harold Wilson, who was both an...
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Eurovision: why we need a European Teaching Excellence Rankings
Explore the latest offering in our teaching-focused rankings portfolio, says THE’s data and analytics director Duncan Ross