University College London silent on fate of convicted professor
Future of Gennadij Raivich, a neuroscientist with a sideline as a private sperm donor, uncertain after conviction for sexual assault
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MP criticises treatment of Bedfordshire during overseas student recruitment inquiry
Sector leaders alarmed at ‘inappropriate’ naming of university while Home Office visa audit was ongoing
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Newcastle University relaunches physics degree as student demand increases
Surge in interest in STEM subjects prompts reopening of course from 2015
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Campus close-up: London College of Fashion
From female students in Lebanon to women in prison, the institution is reaching new audiences through its outreach activities
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Funding drought to hit rural Australia worst, mission group leader warns
The chief of the Regional Universities Network on the impact of the Coalition’s planned reforms
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Amity University seeks site in London for 5,000-student campus
Indian private university searches for site as it signals an interest in partnerships with UK institutions
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Wikimania: student medics get credit for webside manner
Conference hears from academics about the benefits of building Wikipedia into higher education teaching and learning
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The price of life in an academic Eden
Human serpents are lurking in the undergrowth at every university, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide, by Alon Confino
An analysis of anti-Semitic ideology illuminates a number of its contradictions, says Roger Morgan
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School for Cool: The Academic Jazz Program and the Paradox of Institutionalized Creativity, by Eitan Y. Wilf
Does formal teaching of jazz contradict the improvisation that is at its core? Trevor Herbert examines the evidence
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Why Can’t They Get Along? A Conversation between a Muslim, a Jew and a Christian, by Dawoud El-Alami, Dan Cohn-Sherbok and George D. Chryssides
Three different religious standpoints are not merely distinct but incompatible, says Robert A. Segal
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The Blair Supremacy: A Study in the Politics of Labour’s Party Management, by Lewis Minkin
Ivor Gaber lauds an analysis of the New Labour hierarchy and its culture of command and control
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Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey, by Gary Paul Nabhan
Richard Wilk on a spicy mix of autobiography, food history and travel
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Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction, by Thom van Dooren
A compelling effort to inspire ethical concern for endangered species is marred only by jargon-laden interludes, finds Wenfei Tong