Australian National University vows to go ‘carbon negative’
Australian university promises ‘carbon negative’ footprint as v-c reflects on a summer of fire, ice and virus
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Book editor’s blog: bewitching tales of whales, wombs and more
Scholars have striking stories to tell, Matthew Reisz concludes from his experience judging a prize for academics seeking to bring their work to a wider readership
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Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents, by Matthew L. Schuerman
Richard J. Williams praises a complex even-handed analysis of what has happened to our cities
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An Ethical Guidebook to the Zombie Apocalypse: How to Keep Your Brain without Losing Your Heart, by Bryan Hall
John Shand has mixed feelings about a book using horror film scenarios to teach moral philosophy
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Opportunity knocks?
As China’s influence grows, UK scholars question how best to collaborate. A post-Brexit transition may offer change to more than our EU relationship
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Break on Through: Radical Psychiatry and the American Counterculture, by Lucas Richert
Steven Groarke is unconvinced by an overview of 1970s challenges to mainstream approaches to mental health
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The New Prometheans: Faith, Science and the Supernatural Mind in the Victorian Fin de Siècle, by Courtenay Raia
Simon Young enjoys an oblique but revealing account of a pioneering group of ‘psy’ researchers
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The Force of Nonviolence: The Ethical in the Political, by Judith Butler
Book of the week: Lynne Segal applauds a bold attempt to forge a comprehensive philosophy of resistance
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Interview with Thomas Hausmaninger
The award-winning junior researcher on his love for experimental projects, communicating bold ideas to the public and how universities can foster creativity
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Clayton Christensen, 1952-2020
Tributes paid to ‘one of very few business academics who truly changed practice’
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LSE scholars aim to increase the allure of the polling booth
Observatory looks beyond politics to psychology and ergonomics for ways to boost voters’ democratic participation
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Call to fund counselling for researchers in traumatic subjects
Academics studying gender-based violence highlight emotional impact of their work
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Lieber arrest stokes US researchers’ fear of China ties
Scientists warily await details of Harvard chemistry chair’s case
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English universities mull lower fees for EU students post-Brexit
Fears of recruitment hit lead institutions to consider action, as government keeps under wraps report on student demand impact
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The week in higher education – 6 February 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media