Southampton Solent University settles over pay dispute
Part-time lecturer settles out of court over claims that he was paid a lower rate compared with full-time colleagues
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University still a bastion of social elite, says Hefce official
At a British Academy debate, David Sweeney urges the sector to focus on producing graduates who will engage with society
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Campus close-up: Aberystwyth University
Vice-chancellor April McMahon is planning upgraded campus facilities
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Switch to digital aims to bring the arts out of the Indiana Jones storeroom
Digital literacy can enhance humanities research as well as the skill set of graduates
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Undermining the ‘last acceptable form of racism’
Matthew Reisz talks to Annabel Tremlett, an academic whose work challenges common perceptions of Romani life
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Tips on working with the creative arts to enrich your research
Collaborating with the arts sector is beneficial and not only for universities’ REF impact scores. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Blackwell’s skunkworks fights digital interlopers
The bookseller is taking on upstart competitors at their own game, says its digital director
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Managing risk in research
Academics have ultimate responsibility for the ethics of their project, says Ron Iphofen
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Peter Catterall, Graham Farmelo, Paul Greatrix, Richard Howells and R. C. Richardson...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Defying Amazon: how academic presses can profit
Synergy can help university publishers cut prices, argues Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Girls on film
The Cinema of Childhood, a touring festival, spurs Davina Quinlivan to reflect on screen representations of bodies in flux
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Missing Microbes: How Killing Bacteria Creates Modern Plagues, by Martin Blaser
Overuse of antibiotics is upsetting the balance of our internal ecosystems, finds Jon Turney
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Another Darkness, Another Dawn: A History of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, by Becky Taylor
Annabel Tremlett lauds an exploration of the experiences of Travellers in Europe and their cultural contributions
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Lady in the Dark: Iris Barry and the Art of Film, by Robert Sitton
A pioneer in an emerging artistic field deserves a prominent place in the annals of film, finds Philip Kemp
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Think Like a Freak: How To Think Smarter About Almost Everything, by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt
Philip Roscoe savours the latest entertaining and enlightening serving of maverick thinking