World War II: A New History
Author: Evan MawdsleyEdition: FirstPublisher: Cambridge University PressPages: 498Price: £50.00 and £16.99ISBN 9780521845922 and 1608435Was the Second World War really a world war - and when and...
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Student review: A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present
Author: Ellis WassonEdition: FirstPublisher: Wiley-BlackwellPages: 424Price: £55.00 and £22.99ISBN 9781405139359 and 9366Scholars of modern British history are faced with an ever-expanding number of...
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Ordinary Genomes: Science, Citizenship and Genetic Identities
Author: Karen-Sue TaussigEdition: FirstPublisher: Duke University PressPages: 264Price: £60.00 and £14.99ISBN 9780822345169 and 5343This is a book written by an anthropologist about genetics and...
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Student review: Life: The Science of Biology
Authors: David Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller and May R. BerenbaumEdition: NinthPublisher: Sinauer Associates and W.H. Freeman and CompanyPages: 1,121Price: £49.99ISBN 9781429254311Given...
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Bioscience round-up
Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary ApproachAuthor: John AlcockEdition: NinthPublisher: Sinauer AssociatesPages: 546Price: £45.99ISBN 9780878932252Alcock's best-selling text provides a balanced view of...
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The Politics of Global Regulation
Editors: Walter Mattli and Ngaire WoodsEdition: FirstPublisher: Princeton University PressPages: 312Price: £44.95 and £16.95ISBN 9780691139609 and 9616It is commonplace for reviewers to talk about...
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Do-si-do
"We welcome anything that helps bring staff closer together." That was the positive response of our Corporate Director of Human Resources, Louise Bimpson, to calls made at the recent Leadership...
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I feel like a marked man
Undergraduate examinations drive Tim Birkhead to the therapist's couch
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From where I sit: Something new under the sun
Why would the Egyptian ministers of education and higher education, the Speaker of its Parliament and various other notables show up for the opening of the new Graduate School of Education at the...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence: An ocean of opportunity
Nerc aims to bolster British marine science by creating a National Oceanography Centre. Rose Wilkinson writes
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Leader: The big push must come early
Given that A-level success is key to entering higher education, perhaps universities should leave widening participation to schools
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Odds and quads
When General Charles Gordon was sent to evacuate Egyptian troops from Sudan in the face of a revolt in 1884, he decided instead to march to Khartoum and go on the offensive.Since the British...
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Podcasts: enhancing or replacing normal lectures?
Online lectures are no substitute for face-to-face contact, argues UCU. Melanie Newman reports
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'Academic individualism' to be reined in at the IoE
Review recommends behaviour change at all levels of the institute. Melanie Newman writes