Want researchers to save the world? Let them have fun
Encouraging academics to spend time with scholars from outside their own discipline will be vital to tackling today’s grand challenges, says Annette Rubery
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Letters – 20/27 December 2018
Student loan change risks backward step The 180-degree flip by the Office for National Statistics in its accounting for student loans may seem embarrassing for policymakers, but it is more...
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What are you reading? – 20/27 December 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century, by Helena Rosenblatt
Book of the week: Alexandre Lefebvre asks whether it is possible to cultivate a liberal character in the modern world
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Winter: a time for contemplation
As the winter solstice looms in the northern hemisphere, five academics reflect on the light and dark of the dead season
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King Arthur: The Making of the Legend, by Nicholas J. Higham
King Arthur’s mystique means he can be whatever we want him to be, discovers Katherine Harvey
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Teaching Rape in the Medieval Literature Classroom: Approaches to Difficult Texts, edited by Alison Gulley
The way ancient texts are treated in today’s classroom can validate or call into question students’ deep-set values and cultural expectations, finds Rachel Moss
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Books interview: Tereza Topolovská
The lecturer in English language and literature on her love of children’s stories and her exploration of how the country house often takes on a character of its own in literature
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Appointments – 20/27 December 2018
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Protect and survive: a seasonal tale
After the Solstice Attack, the University of Rural England has become a bastion of hope and survival, writes John Gilbey. But how far can it push its role as the ultimate post-apocalyptic anchor...
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Domina: The Women Who Made Imperial Rome, by Guy de la Bédoyère
Barbara Graziosi finds flaws in a claim that Roman wives and mothers held true power
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Max Planck Society cancels Elsevier subscription over open access
Organisation follows nearly 200 German research organisations in cutting ties with publishing giant
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Universities offer bastions of hope
After a year where universities were buffeted by forces beyond their control, the winter brings time for reflection and appreciation of their vital role