What are you reading? – 21 February 2019
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How near is biology to completing the puzzle of life?
Despite huge strides in the past 75 years, a recent forum suggests to Jon Turney that there’s still a way to go before biologists’ deep insights at the micro level are mirrored at the macro
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Are universities hotbeds of left-wing bias?
Claims that academics are indoctrinating their students with liberal propaganda are increasingly common in the right-wing media. John Morgan examines why such a conviction has arisen and whether...
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Land-Grant Colleges and Popular Revolt: The Origins of the Morrill Act and the Reform of Higher Education, by Nathan M. Sorber
Long-held beliefs on early US public colleges are compellingly debunked, says Howard P. Segal
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The Spirit of Inquiry: How One Extraordinary Society Shaped Modern Science, by Susannah Gibson
The Cambridge Philosophical Society’s influence on the development of scientific ideas and research cannot be overestimated, writes Geoffrey Cantor
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Books interview: Laurie Essig
The author on vampires, romantic fantasies, economic fantasies and the importance of feminist anger
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Command: The Twenty-First Century General, by Anthony King
Book of the week: Changes to methods of military leadership raise questions of who’s the boss, finds A. W. Purdue
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UK universities are lucky to be under the microscope
The increased scrutiny of university finances and governance is proof that universities continue to play a critical role in society and economic growth, argues Robert Van de Noort
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Letters – 21 February 2019
In international battle, UK sector needs back-up Alan Manning’s comments seem to ignore reality (“UK universities told to ignore net migration target”, News, 8 February, www.timeshighereducation.com...
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Fourth degree by Laurie Taylor – 21 February 2019
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Appointments – 21 February 2019
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Is poor governance behind the high turnover of UK vice-chancellors?
The recent exodus of vice-chancellors from UK universities raises questions over what is going on in the sector. Is inadequate governance the root cause?
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Science experts seen as ‘just another lobby group’
Researchers must ‘put on the gloves’ and bring the fight to their critics, says Arizona State professor
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Campuses told to offset carbon emissions from student mobility
Study estimates that carbon footprint of global student mobility is comparable to annual emissions of Tunisia
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Walter Munk, 1917-2019
Tributes paid to oceanographer who played key role in Allied war effort during the Second World War