Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement, by Alexander Thurston
Sarah Eltantawi admires a well-researched study of the origins and growth of the terrorist organisation
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Chinese power ‘may lead to global academic censorship crisis’
Academic experts on China say the state may now issue demands in collaborations with Western universities
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Interview with David Lavallee
The world’s first professor of duty of care in sport discusses the challenges of tackling corruption, seeking inspiration from Maya Angelou, and the perfect Reuben sandwich
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Philip Chubb, 1951-2017
Tributes paid to award-winning Australian journalist who later became an academic
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Breakwell’s treatment suggests ‘nasty women’ still attract excessive criticism
The recent downfalls of Dame Glynis Breakwell and Grace Mugabe are very different stories, but both reveal some age-old traits, says Agnieszka Piotrowska
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New and noteworthy – 7 December 2017
Code-switching software, resetting university missions, and saving species from the poachers and traders
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The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World, by John Davies and Alexander J. Kent
Book of the week: A secret cartography project is a route to the past – and your house, finds Jerry Brotton
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What are you reading? – 7 December 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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‘To glorify burlesque is kind of silly’
Kaitlyn Regehr learned from former striptease dancers that what they did was not a safe, sex‑positive hobby but often a means of survival that intersected with sex work
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How can widening participation best be achieved?
Jack Grove explores current strategies for widening participation in higher education, and finds out why improving access remains a huge challenge across the world, despite growing university...
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We must work harder to improve access to elite universities
Inequality remains a pernicious problem at our elite universities. Failure to tackle it will have negative consequences for individuals and society at large
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Laurie Taylor – 7 December 2017
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