‘More mission groups to emerge’ as devolution takes hold
New University Alliance chair John Latham ‘wouldn’t want to be unaligned’ as an institution
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Make university staff ‘challenge champions’ to tackle homophobia
Institutions should also appoint ‘hate incident champions’ to encourage students to report abuse, says study
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HEA wins sector backing for redrawn subscription model
But teaching champion forced to forgo as much as £1.5 million of hoped-for income
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For-profit market heats up with sales and pitches for investment
New College of the Humanities seeks £8.5 million while BPP University could be set for new ownership
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Does an ‘anti-bloke’ bias exist in academia?
Jack Grove asks whether the push to tackle gender inequality has led to discrimination against male scholars
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Some Russell Group universities ‘could opt out of the TEF’
In a THE survey, only three group members confirm they will participate in exercise amid suggestions that others are considering not taking part
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The Euro and Its Threat to the Future of Europe, by Joseph Stiglitz
Book of the week: The decision process behind the euro has left the EU in an untenable position, says Lucia Quaglia
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What are you reading? – 1 September 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The City of Tomorrow: Sensors, Networks, Hackers and the Future of Urban Life, by Carlo Ratti and Matthew Claudel
Richard J. Williams on how big data may transform how we live, travel and work in our towns
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Holocaust: An American Understanding, by Deborah E. Lipstadt
This survey covers the main trends in Holocaust studies but it would have benefited from a more international scope, says Neil Gregor
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Lament, by Bettina von Zwehl and Josh Cohen
Fragmented images and light and shadow haunt a study of grief and memory, says Janet Sayers
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Professor turns to novel writing as his research ‘had no impact’
Welfare state expert Peter Taylor-Gooby cheerfully admits his research has had no real-world influence – but hopes a book might
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Germaine de Staël: A Political Portrait, by Biancamaria Fontana
Carla Hesse on a lively study examining the French thinker’s first intellectual passion
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European research system ‘cannot afford’ to lose Swiss and UK elite
ETH Zurich president says ERC alternative needed if pair exit EU research framework
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Books interview: John Sutherland
The literary scholar and author of Orwell's Nose: A Pathological Biography on Rider Haggard, the River Stour and Moby-Dick