Michael Scott, an authority on Shakespeare and Elizabethan drama and current senior fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, has written or edited more than 50 books as an academic, but hopes Shakespeare, ...

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A 15-year research grant that doubles in value every five years, without the hassle of short-term reviews – if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. China’s main state funding agency for ...

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All this comes amid a prevailing assumption that Australia’s universities are in a “ governance crisis ”, after several high-profile failures, most recently at the Australian National University.

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