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A jury of their peers
Academics seeking promotion should be assessed for quality of teaching as well as research, argues Quintin McKellar
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Coalition reforms have left students swimming with sharks
If loans are as fair and as sustainable as ministers say, why aren't their terms and conditions enshrined in law? Liam Burns writes
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Consumption and Its Consequences
Hedonism and selfish materialism are noticeably absent from the shopping list, says Eric J. Arnould
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The Creation of Inequality: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire
Egalitarianism is hard to find if you pass over anthropology for archaeology, argues Chris Knight
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The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812
Many Britons may not be aware that the bicentennial of the War of 1812 will commence in June. Before anyone thinks of Napoleon's ill-fated Russian campaign, the War of 1812 referred to here was a...
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A House Divided: American Art since 1955
How do artists go public? How is their work critically received? And how might they contribute to its reception, from writing public statements to publishing private memoirs, staging publicity...
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Pills, Power, and Policy: The Struggle for Drug Reform in Cold War America and its Consequences
Sergio Sismondo on Big Pharma's use of its political muscle to avoid regulation in the US
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The Appian Way: Ghost Road, Queen of Roads
This delightful, literally lightweight book takes you on a brief journey from Brindisi in the heel of Italy's boot to Rome; but what an engaging journey! Robert Kaster and his wife travelled the...
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English Nationalism and Euroscepticism: Losing the Peace
Englishness has long been a puzzle both to philosophers and to historians. As long ago as 1741, David Hume declared: "The English, of any people in the universe, have the least of a national...
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Goodbye, custard powder
Our Deputy Head of Brand Management, Georgina Edsel, has warmly welcomed an analysis by Patrick Freeland-Small, the chief marketing officer at the University of Melbourne, that argues that...
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Crawford Greenewalt, 1937-2012
An archaeologist who played a central role in excavating King Croesus' city of Sardis has died.Crawford Hallock Greenewalt, Jr - commonly known as "Greenie" - was born on 3 June 1937 in the US city...
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European model seems unsustainable
Roger Walters is correct in stating that The Open University's council has initiated a full consultation exercise on the proposal to cease direct employment of its staff based in continental Europe...
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Facts better than forecasts
I write regarding your news article "Elite institutions predicted to fall short on research student qualifications" (17 May), which draws on data from the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Quality, not quantity
Under the headline "Three times the cost but same timetable" (News, 17 May), Times Higher Education analyses the recent Higher Education Policy Institute report The Academic Experience of Students at...