Across the Bridge: Understanding the Origin of the Vertebrates, by Henry Gee
Robert Montgomerie is impressed by a novel account of the backbone’s evolution
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The Neuroscience of Emotion: A New Synthesis, by Ralph Adolphs and David Anderson
This unusual and intellectually invigorating book should be an essential starting point for feeling our way ahead in this field, says Shane O’Mara
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New and noteworthy – 20 September 2018
Up, up and away; hallowed grounds; degrees of evolution at Oxford; and making peace and making up
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Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium, by Lucy Inglis
The good and evil of opium is documented in this eloquent history, writes Jonathan Mirsky
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The Lion and the Eagle: The Interaction of the British and American Empires, 1783-1972, by Kathleen Burk
This deeply researched history of a conflict has an unfinished feel, finds Kori Schake
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What are you reading? – 20 September 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Torture, by Donatella Di Cesare
Book of the week: An important study of barbarism calls for citizens to be vigilant and to resist, says Joanna Bourke
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In good faith: the role of religious institutions in US higher education
Ellie Bothwell analyses how religious institutions shape up compared with secular institutions and how they are adapting to modern mores
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Using data to improve student outcomes at Michigan State
Michigan State is applying the scientific knowledge it’s developed over 150 years to its own campus to improve student success, says June Pierce Youatt
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Higher education’s data revolution is no longer a fantasy
Giving personalised, frequent feedback to students at scale is no longer the privilege of small, highly resourced universities, says Timothy Renick
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THE podcast: which US institutions are best at student engagement?
Does a small campus always create a greater sense of community? Do lower faculty to student ratios mean teaching is better?
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Shift towards precarity predicted in US and Australia, but not UK
Major new survey of world university leaders finds widespread acceptance that casualisation will increase
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Academics urged to rethink research links with ethnic minorities
Report sets outs recommendations for healthier collaborations
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London students to be ‘hyper-diverse’ by 2030
Report says non-white students will represent 73 per cent of undergraduates by end of next decade
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UK sector eyes end to foreign student stagnation as rivals profit
Immigration bill and education exports strategy seen as key windows for reform after disappointing MAC review