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Black Tudors: The Untold Story, by Miranda Kaufmann
Many immigrants in Renaissance times were not slaves but professionals, learns Lucy Wooding
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Mischka’s War: A Story of Survival from War-Torn Europe to New York, by Sheila Fitzpatrick
Robert Eaglestone praises an absorbing account of eminent scientist Michael Danos’ life that straddles biography and history
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Game Changer: the Techno-Scientific Revolution in Sports, by Rayvon Fouché
Is there anything new in technological advantage adding to sporting prowess, asks Lincoln Allison
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Life Through Time and Space, by Wallace Arthur
Looking outward may give us a better understanding of the progression of life and the inevitability of natural selection, says Tiffany Taylor
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BPP shuts dental course as regulator raises safety concerns
Students on course forced to find alternative programmes, as government plans to open English sector further to new providers
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The week in higher education – 5 October 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Student success is a question of attitude
Teaching students to attribute their failures to factors within their control can lead to big gains, say Rodney Clifton, Gabor Csepregi and Masha Krylova
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When you’re in the eye of the storm, academics look away
A hurricane strike last year brought home to Zachary Michael Jack the academy's failure to live up to its compassionate values
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DeVos’ rule changes on handling sexual assault will benefit everyone
Obama-era overreaction to HE ‘rape culture’ obstructed justice
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Should conscientious academics ignore their email?
However you handle them, emails are a source of stress. But there are ways to minimise it, says Emma Russell
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Research assessment: an exercise in futility
Having caused a scandal over research assessment back in the 1990s, Lincoln Allison is well placed to give an overview of its impact, and still finds it wanting
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What are you reading? – 5 October 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker
Book of the week: Richard Joyner on how insomnia damages our well-being – and how to get a good night’s rest
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New and noteworthy – 5 October 2017
The key players behind game theory; human rights; the microbial life on your kitchen counter; the beauty of maths; and the sedation of our perception of beauty