University of Washington cancels classes over coronavirus
In-person tuition put on hold for next three weeks across all campuses
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Oxford condemns students鈥 鈥榥o-platforming鈥 of Amber Rudd
Institution says it will聽take steps to ensure this does not happen in the future, after聽former home secretary was disinvited at the last minute
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Bushfire research opportunities 鈥榲anishing鈥 without funding
Frustration as Australian Research Council takes six months to judge applications to support urgent impact assessments
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Female leadership in top universities advances for first time since 2017
Analysis of THE World University Rankings data shows number of women leading highest-ranking institutions has risen slightly
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Is it time for UK universities to exit teacher training?
The UK government's increasingly proscriptive policies on teacher education could start encroaching on universities鈥 autonomy, say Viv Ellis and Keith Turvey聽
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Art historian Griselda Pollock 鈥榝illing up the half-empty museum鈥
The Holberg prizewinner describes how she forged a new discipline in response to the 鈥榯heoretically thin鈥 and 鈥榟istorically unimaginative鈥 art history she was trained in
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Low US youth voting raises concern for free-college push
Emerging consensus on tackling costs may wither if students shun elections, some fear
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Psychopathic behaviour is a hidden problem in higher education
Fear of reprimand is stopping researchers from looking into聽why workplace bullying is reported more in higher education than in other sectors, say Daniel W. Lund and Nick Forster聽
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Anger over Massey鈥檚 plan to switch teaching locations
Science students may be required to move about 250 miles聽from current Auckland campus as university attempts to mitigate a contribution shortfall
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What are you reading? 鈥 5聽March 2020
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Mission modifications
The government may be putting a new emphasis on universities and the role of research, but the attention may also bring new demands for delivery
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The Price of Football, by Kieran Maguire
Stephen Mumford puts his head to the聽business聽factors and fantasy finances at the heart of the beautiful game
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Gulag Literature and the Literature of聽Nazi Camps: An Intercontextual Reading, by Leona Toker
Bryan Cheyette welcomes a comparative study of those persecuted under Stalin and Hitler despite its gaps
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Sisters in Arms: Female Warriors from Antiquity to the New Millennium, by Julie Wheelwright
Book of the week: Emma Rees聽salutes聽a wide-ranging study of women who passed as men or found other means to serve in聽combat
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UCU offers 鈥榮ignificant concessions鈥 in聽pay and pensions disputes
Negotiators 鈥榳ithin reach of agreements鈥 as union cuts demands on pay rises and pension contributions, says general secretary