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Interview with Michelle Simmons
The quantum computing pioneer and Australian of the Year talks about growing up in south-east London, creating the new field of atomic electronics and how to get more women into science
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John McDonald, 1937-2018
Stanford business professor with an illustrious alumni ‘family’ remembered
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Germany lures top young scientists with new graduate schools
New centres mark new phase of collaboration between traditionally separate universities and research institutes
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Radical ideas required to cut research grant waste, funders told
Radical ideas required to cut research grant waste
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US universities walk a fine line as Daca deadline approaches
Institutions want to support ‘Dreamers’ but are wary of attracting attention from politicians or immigration agencies
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The Nervous Stage: Nineteenth-Century Neuroscience and the Birth of Modern Theater, by Matthew Wilson Smith
Lab bench discoveries made during the 1800s were felt in the playhouse, says Matthew Broome
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Xenofeminism, by Helen Hester
Emma Rees on a challenging study that leads to flashbacks of Foucault and Xena: Warrior Princess
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Restructuring the European State: European Integration and State Reform, by Paolo Dardanelli
Christopher Hill on how internal national tensions have come up against the structures of the EU
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Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest, by Dean Vuletic
Keith Kahn-Harris on a pan-European event that is as much about competition and national identities as it is cooperation and friendship
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The opening up of Indonesian higher education must go further
Fears that the arrival of foreign universities could decimate native provision have apparently been set aside by ministers, writes Martin Surya Mulyadi
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Western philosophy departments must open their minds
Academic focus on ideas from a small range of European countries would not be tolerated in other disciplines, says Lloyd Strickland
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If US states cannot fund their universities, they must stand aside
Privatisation or nationally funded consortia are the only solutions to US public education’s financial malaise, says Sheldon H. Jacobson
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Beware the bite of antisocial media
The internet impedes human interactions, warps civilised discourse and aggravates misunderstandings, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Lost Kingdom: A History of Russian Nationalism from Ivan the Great to Putin, by Serhii Plokhy
Book of the week: Russia’s power plays with its neighbours may be tied to its lack of civic maturity, says Lara Douds