Some Russell Group universities ‘could opt out of the TEF’
In a THE survey, only three group members confirm they will participate in exercise amid suggestions that others are considering not taking part
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The Euro and Its Threat to the Future of Europe, by Joseph Stiglitz
Book of the week: The decision process behind the euro has left the EU in an untenable position, says Lucia Quaglia
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What are you reading? – 1 September 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The City of Tomorrow: Sensors, Networks, Hackers and the Future of Urban Life, by Carlo Ratti and Matthew Claudel
Richard J. Williams on how big data may transform how we live, travel and work in our towns
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Holocaust: An American Understanding, by Deborah E. Lipstadt
This survey covers the main trends in Holocaust studies but it would have benefited from a more international scope, says Neil Gregor
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Lament, by Bettina von Zwehl and Josh Cohen
Fragmented images and light and shadow haunt a study of grief and memory, says Janet Sayers
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Professor turns to novel writing as his research ‘had no impact’
Welfare state expert Peter Taylor-Gooby cheerfully admits his research has had no real-world influence – but hopes a book might
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Germaine de Staël: A Political Portrait, by Biancamaria Fontana
Carla Hesse on a lively study examining the French thinker’s first intellectual passion
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European research system ‘cannot afford’ to lose Swiss and UK elite
ETH Zurich president says ERC alternative needed if pair exit EU research framework
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Books interview: John Sutherland
The literary scholar and author of Orwell's Nose: A Pathological Biography on Rider Haggard, the River Stour and Moby-Dick
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The week in higher education – 1 September 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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When a humanities scholar cries at the opera
Nicholas Till on what it means to be moved by a piece of art after 30 years of critical practice
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What lessons does Switzerland hold for the UK post-Brexit?
Can a research powerhouse retain access to EU funds after a referendum backing restrictions on free movement? John Morgan reports
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Make trouble for the essay mills
Banning ghostwriting services from advertising won’t stop students cheating, but four simple steps could hobble them, says Geoffrey Alderman