What are you reading? – 30 March 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Fully Connected: Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Overload, by Julia Hobsbawm
Book of the week: the digital deluge can harm our social health; Emma Rees commends a prescription to tackle it
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Psyche on the Skin: A History of Self-Harm, by Sarah Chaney
Shahidha Bari finds much to admire in a detailed exploration of self-injury through the ages
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Democracy for Hire: A History of American Political Consulting, by Dennis W. Johnson
Kori Schake praises a forensic examination of the US political system
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Books interview: Brenna Hassett
A bioarchaeologist reveals what she has on her bookshelf
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Central European University fights for survival in Hungary
George Soros-funded institution could be ‘first victim’ of increasingly illiberal world order, observers say
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Arrest of students in Belarus condemned
Union calls for universities to remove barriers to peaceful protest
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Stop binning negative results, researchers told
Code of conduct frames non-publication of unexpected results as an issue of research integrity
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Aberdeen to open first UK campus in South Korea
Campus to focus on training for offshore oil and gas industries
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When Chinese students study in the UK, do they become more employable?
Ka Ho Mok and Han Xiao have been speaking to Chinese students about their experiences in UK higher education
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Article 50: what do universities want from Brexit talks?
John Morgan finds sector statements on ‘momentous day’ taste a little bland
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Perfecting the art of thinking? Try sketching out your ideas
Sociologists make the case for observational drawing to be part of the research process
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Declining UK business research funding concentrated among elite
Two-thirds of funding over past three years went to just 20 institutions