World in brief – 16 March 2017
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Animate Planet: Making Visceral Sense of Living in a High-Tech Ecologically Damaged World, by Kath Weston
Environmental changes also change us but old and new ways of living offer hope, says Stephanie Bunn
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North Korea’s Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground is Transforming a Closed Society, by Jieun Baek
The voices of 10 defectors are the most powerful parts of a study of the Hermit Kingdom, says Hazel Smith
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Books interview: Vicky Angelaki
The author of Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain on Merleau-Ponty and Caryl Churchill, eco-novels and agency, and playwrights’ weather eye on gathering storms
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Asia University Rankings 2017: results announced
The National University of Singapore leads our 2017 ranking of the top universities in Asia
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Bringing technical education back into the HE fold
Tertiary education must be considered as a whole if governments are to prepare the workforce they need
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Laurie Taylor – 16 March 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Short and sweet: two‑year degrees satisfy
Two-year degrees will not lead to the dire scenarios that some have predicted (“Counting the hours shows fast-track flaws”, Letters, 2 March; “Fast-track degrees could create two-tier English sector...
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REF needs clarity
The deadline for responses to the consultation on the next research excellence framework is 17 March, and it has created much debate. Although the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Grant winners – 16 March 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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University leaders divided over fourth industrial revolution
Presidents agree on need to respond but are warned against being ‘slaves to industry’
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THE podcast: Asia University Rankings results
The results of the 2017 Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings discussed by the editorial team