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Academics taken hostage in Papua New Guinea

An anthropology professor and his colleagues have been taken hostage by an armed group in Papua New Guinea. PNG’s Prime Minister, James Marape, told reporters on Monday his government has been in contact with the kidnappers, with missionaries living in the ...

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Strictly speaking | Munted

Most English words have a history which can be traced back through centuries and even millennia. So those which the dictionary notes as “origin unknown” are a challenge –especially colloquial words like munted, which seems to pop up in New Zealand out ...

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Academic journals caught in smokescreen

Publishers of globally respected academic journals are investigating the publication of papers linked to a foundation solely funded by one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies. At least three major academic publishers are reviewing how articles linked to the Foundation ...

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How does a modern university seek purpose? opinion

Traditionally, competition between universities around the world has been based on history and achievements measured by conventional metrics. When Oxford and Cambridge and Harvard and Stanford dominate the top places again in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings, it illustrates the ...

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Give PhDs the space to succeed: opinion

Doctoral students are a lifeblood of Australia’s universities, estimated at contributing some two-thirds of research output. Recent years have seen a global growth in the number of students enrolling into PhD programs, but this growth has been accompanied by a ...

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