Bongani Mayosi, 1967-2018
Tributes paid to a leading African expert on heart disease
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It’s time to be responsible student recruiters
Giving students the time and space to make informed decisions about where to study will set them up for success on their educational journey, says Christina Edgar
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The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene, by Simon L. Lewis and Mark A. Maslin
Robert J. Mayhew ponders whether many careless generations have led us into a new geological era
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In The Field: Life and Work in Cultural Anthropology, by George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch
Fascinating autobiographical experiences make a practical guide for those embarking on immersive research, says Mark Jamieson
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What are you reading? – 16 August 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Lessons from the Lobster: Eve Marder’s Work in Neuroscience, by Charlotte Nassim
Book of the week: A ‘thought biography’ reveals elements that make for success in science, Rivka Isaacson finds
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Is everything healthy in cancer research?
Nearly 50 years since war on cancer was declared, declarations of victory remain a distant prospect. Here, six cancer researchers assess the lie of the land
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The Ascent of John Tyndall: Victorian Scientist, Mountaineer, and Public Intellectual, by Roland Jackson
Once he had conquered one intellectual peak, this Irishman simply found another, says Richard Joyner
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Books interview: Elisabeth Schimpfössl
The lecturer in sociology and policy at Aston University discusses what led her to writing about Russia and its elites
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History: from a different perspective
Matthew Reisz meets Andrea Pető, recent recipient of the Madame de Staël prize, a scholar at Hungary’s Central European University whose feminist probing into the dark corners of Hungary’s past is...
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A-level results day 2018: UK student acceptances down 2 per cent
Lower-tariff institutions continue to lose out as 18-year-old population declines
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Appointments – 16 August 2018
Search our database of more than 3,000 global university jobs To place an advertisement please write to:Recruitment AdvertisingTimes Higher Education26 Red Lion SquareHolbornLondonWC1R 4HQ Telephone:...
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Ministers are anything but relaxed about university closures
Perilous drops in student recruitment at UK universities during A-level clearing raise the likelihood of institutional failures, a prospect that remains as politically unpalatable as ever, says Nick...