Postgraduate numbers plummet amid fears for no-deal Brexit
Leading figures in UK higher education warn sector will ‘take decades to recover’ from no-deal Brexit
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Letters – 3 January 2019
Online learning has a friendly human face We applaud Paul Le Blanc’s recognition of the “overlooked majority” of students who carry work, family and other responsibilities with them into their...
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Is US higher education in crisis?
Many observers perceive US higher education to be in trouble. They’re missing the big picture, says Steven Brint
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Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present, by Christopher Harding
Joy Hendry discovers a fascinating account of a century and a half of Japan’s modernisation
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The Promise of the East: Nazi Hopes and Genocide, 1939-43, by Christian Ingrao
An insightful contribution to a crowded field invites us to consider Nazism as a promise to deliver a different kind of society, finds Hester Vaizey
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What are you reading? – 3 January 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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It Keeps Me Seeking: The Invitation from Science, Philosophy and Religion, by Andrew Briggs, Hans Halvorson and Andrew Steane
Book of the week: if the material world does not exhaust reality, what lies beyond? asks Simon Oliver
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University donations: No strings attached?
When universities accept donations from entities with particular ideological stances, are they sacrificing academic freedom on the altar of Mammon?
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A Supernatural War: Magic, Divination, and Faith during the First World War, by Owen Davies
Simon Young learns how soldiers used magical thinking to cope with their dreadful circumstances
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A Living Tradition: Catholic Social Doctrine and Holy See Diplomacy, by A. Alexander Stummvoll
Despite its success in highlighting the complexity of Holy See diplomacy, this work falls short of addressing its role as a moral actor, says Luke Cahill
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Books editor’s blog: everything under the sun is under investigation
A glance at the academic publishing horizon reveals to Matthew Reisz an expanding universe of scholarly exploration and provocation
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Universities face a defining moment
England’s higher education institutions could soon find themselves having to retrench. Their vital role as engines of social mobility and commerce must be valued too
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Appointments – 3 January 2019
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