Laurie Taylor – 26 July 2018
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This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent, by Daegan Miller
Seldom-seen faces from 19th-century US expansion are decidedly green, says Jeff Ferrell
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Feminism, by Deborah Cameron
Catherine Rottenberg finds much to admire in a provocative new appraisal of the feminist movement
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What are you reading? – 26 July 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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In HE as everywhere else, there’s no such thing as a free lunch
If students aren’t charged fees, who gets stuck with the bill, and can they keep paying enough to keep the quality of the offering from suffering?
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Appointments – 26 July 2018
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Contested scores
As author of Some Other Note: The Lost Songs of English Renaissance Comedy (Books, 12 July), I thank John Jowett for the attention his review has drawn to it. I’m sorry he finds shortcomings and...
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The basics of balls
Reading your article on the relative merits of the traditional lecture versus the new rival “active learning spaces” (“ Has the death of the lecture been greatly exaggerated? ”, News, 19 July), I was...
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Pastoral places
“Performing arts students ‘scared to report abuse’” (News, 19 July) focused on a survey by Equity, the Incorporated Society of Musicians and the Musicians’ Union regarding the sexual harassment and...
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Students need understanding from lecturers
I hope that the author of “The age of entitlement” (Features, 19 July), which upbraids millennials for shirking responsibility for their learning, has a few months for reflection during her Fulbright...
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How will fees-free education affect New Zealand’s universities?
John Ross examines what Jacinda Ardern’s policy might mean for institutions, employers and students
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External examiners: expert viewpoint or out of date?
Real challenge from an outside expert can propel valuable change, but do external examiners still provide a valuable critical eye for the marketised UK university sector? Six scholars offer their...
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Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment Encounter with Asia, by Jürgen Osterhammel
Book of the week: the relationship between two continental powers was far from one-sided, finds Joan-Pau Rubiés