THE podcast: 9 - 15 February 2017 issue review
The latest stories from Times Higher Education discussed by the editorial team
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The study of Islam in the US: now what?
Anna Piela asks what Trump may mean for scholars of the Islamic faith
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European graduate enrolment in US rises 8 per cent
But data show applications and enrolments from India and Saudi Arabia have plummeted
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TEF ‘others’ international students, claims scholar
Keele University academic argues that the TEF ‘legitimises’ and ‘amplifies subordination’ of overseas students
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From books to Boocs: what is the future?
Scholars and publishers assess some bold responses to the pressures on traditional formats
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Extreme poverty of medieval students revealed
New study into medieval universities describes how paupers studied alongside the elite despite financial barriers
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‘Shot by both sides’: what it’s like to be a punk in academia
Can punk scholars bring together their conflicting identities without compromise?
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Interview with Sir Lenny Henry
Birmingham City University’s new chancellor talks about his experiences as a mature student, how education is a right, and why the British public rock
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The Rhinoceros and the Megatherium: An Essay in Natural History, by Juan Pimentel
Images of two beasts carried ideas about science and communication, says Simon Underdown
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Writing an Icon: Celebrity Culture and the Invention of Anaïs Nin, by Anita Jarczok
Laura Frost wonders if an ambitious author’s tales of erotic adventure were sexed up by others
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Seeking Imperialism’s Embrace: National Identity, Decolonization and Assimilation in the French Caribbean, by Kristen Stromberg Childers
Olivette Otele on a timely reappraisal of the decision by some French territories to remain in the republic
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New and noteworthy – 9 February 2017
A study of racism, where texture ends and taste begins, an oral history of Cuba, higher education’s place, and journalism today
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What Love Is and What It Could Be, by Carrie Jenkins
Polyamory could shed light on whether love is mainly biological or social, says Jane O’Grady
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The Political Orchestra: The Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics during the Third Reich, by Fritz Trümpi
Neil Gregor on the various types of orchestral life under the Nazis
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What are you reading? – 9 February 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers