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
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Cash-starved campuses must raise fees or drop standards
Are alternative income streams out there? Keith Burnett mulls all the options and the impact of Brexit in a marketised system
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Times Higher Education Awards 2016 shortlist announced
Are you on the shortlist?
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Laurie Taylor – 1 September 2016
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