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Erdoğan attack sparks fears over future of Turkish universities
President’s broadside against Boğaziçi University raises questions over Islamisation of institutions and international links
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Anti-university narrative ‘politically motivated’, say UK v-cs
Institutional leaders tell survey that current avalanche of criticism ‘lacks substance’
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Film Bodies: Queer Feminist Encounters with Gender and Sexuality in Cinema, by Katharina Lindner
A study exploring Natalie Portman’s role in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan and Céline Sciamma’s film Girlhood is a fascinating addition to the discipline’s output, argues Davina Quinlivan
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Death Makes the News: How the Media Censor and Display the Dead, by Jessica M. Fishman
From Hillsborough to rape victims, a study mulls the place of emotive images, says Sharon Wheeler
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Cosmopolitanisms, edited by Bruce Robbins and Paulo Lemos Horta
In this collection, cosmopolitanism is a leviathan, housing contradiction and dispute
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The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics, by Mark Lilla
For centrists to regain control will need more than a focus on citizenship, says Michael Marinetto
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‘Publish or perish’ is perverse without an effective publishing system
Pakistani journals lack the professionalism and expertise to support a thriving knowledge economy, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz
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The heavy lifting is done, but Sam Gyimah still has bridges to build
The UK’s new higher education minister needs to move beyond recent spats to prioritise science, funding and mitigating Brexit, says David Bell
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Australia’s cuts are not a lobbying failure
The government’s unilateral move to rein in costs is the inevitable result of a volatile and emotive political climate, says Warren Bebbington
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Russian students will not be manning the anti-Putin barricades
Presidential elections are looming, but government pressure on universities should ensure that students pose no threat to the ruling regime, says Ararat Osipian
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Books interview: Josephine Quinn
The historian and author of In Search of the Phoenicians on reading the Bible under the blankets, DIY Latin lessons and the keys to unlocking the ancient world
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The week in higher education – 18 January 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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What are you reading? – 18 January 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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You Don’t Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie’s Dark Side, by Orly Lobel
Book of the week: An intellectual property battle over two dolls puts the focus on market competition, Laura Frost finds