Attempted Ramsay Centre no platforming reveals the dangers of hypocrisy in progressive ideals
What鈥檚 a progressive academic to do when standing up for non-Western values is at odds with their ideals, asks Constantine Sandis聽
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Science paper retracted in seismic fraud case
Aftershocks continue amid new revelations of fabrication
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Brazil funding cuts 鈥榯hreat to democracy鈥, global scholars warn
Open letter signed by more than 1,500 academics worldwide urges Brazilian government聽to shelve proposals to withdraw聽philosophy and sociology聽in public universities
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Fury over Edinburgh fellowship with no pay for summer months
Hundreds sign petition calling for teaching post to receive salary in July and August
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Work!: A Queer History of Modeling, by Elspeth H. Brown
Shahidha Bari on an original telling of 20th-century culture that poses questions around race, gender and authenticity
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Buying Gay: How Physique Entrepreneurs Sparked a聽Movement, by David K. Johnson
Niall Richardson considers the political aspects of magazines often dismissed as soft porn
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New and noteworthy 鈥 2 May 2019
Ottoman inspiration; natural head-turners; a southern city鈥檚 racial evolution; and insiders moved to call out misconduct
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Du Bois鈥檚 Telegram: Literary Resistance and State Containment, by Juliana Spahr
Jess Cotton is not totally convinced by an account of the links between literature and state funding and nationalism
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The state of the discipline: English studies
English studies is a traditional big beast in the academy, but there are concerns that changes in student behaviour could put it on the endangered list.聽Seven academics give their views on whether...
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Digital Feminist Activism: Girls and Women Fight Back Against Rape Culture, by Kaitlynn Mendes, Jessica Ringrose, and Jessalynn Keller
Emma Rees celebrates a new generation of online feminist campaigners
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Letters 鈥 2 May 2019
Student housing needs solutions not posturing In his defence of private student accommodation providers (鈥淲ays the Augar review could tackle student housing鈥, Opinion, 27 April, www....
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色盒直播 to host first summit in Japan
Asia Universities Summit 2020 will take place in partnership with Fujita Health University in Nagoya
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Tsinghua head: prize students who challenge classroom 鈥榓uthority鈥
University鈥檚 emphasis on creativity, not exam scores, aims to help shift China away from 鈥榙egree factory鈥 model, 色盒直播 summit hears
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Chinese family 鈥榩aid $6.5 million to get daughter into Stanford鈥
Biggest payment in admission fraud聽linked to聽Yusi Zhao, also known as Molly