Deborah Lipstadt: the quest for truth in the post-truth era
How do you defeat Nazis and liars? Focus on the people in earshot, says eminent Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt
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Take a stand 鈥 and deliver
If Trump and Brexit are the problem, universities are part of the solution, says Sally Hunt. But we must do better than we have
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In dark days, universities must keep the lights on at home
Our age of unenlightenment demands that institutions share their intellectual and moral capital with the communities around them
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Watching the doomsday clock together
Catastrophes are likely to be more swift, global and devastating in our interconnected world, says Martin Rees, so scientists must join forces to keep us safe
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 9 February 2017
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Call them Al? No, call out and tackle bias
I was saddened to read your report that anglicising 鈥渇oreign鈥 names improves employability and student name recognition (鈥淎nglicising foreign students鈥 names 鈥榗ould reduce bias鈥欌, News, 26 January)...
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Hail fellows
Having been approached for comments on the Independent Social Research Foundation鈥檚 latest early career fellowship competition, I was surprised to find that the resulting article, 鈥淓arly career...
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Uncritical reports
Re the article 鈥淭ackle 鈥榬eporting bias鈥 in pedagogy research, paper warns鈥 (News, 2 February). As an academic involved in appraising studies of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), the...
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Openly self-seeking
Peter Horrocks鈥 article 鈥淲hy my university is not entering the TEF鈥 (Opinion, 2 February) is typical Open University sleight of hand. He well knows that the OU鈥檚 key problem is the appalling...
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Should he not fall?
Am I alone in wondering why UK-based student activists and their academic cheerleaders have not targeted De Montfort University, which is named after an unashamed anti-Semite who in 1231 ordered the...
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Private provider figures raise questions over completion rates
Pearson responds to figures on UK providers by saying it acts when colleges 鈥榬ecruit without integrity鈥
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TEF 鈥榦thers鈥 international students, claims scholar
Keele University academic argues that the TEF 鈥榣egitimises鈥 and 鈥榓mplifies subordination鈥 of overseas students