You Belong to the Universe: Buckminster Fuller and the Future, by Jonathon Keats
Howard Segal on an optimistic visionary who never quite achieved the utopian communities he envisioned
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Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right – and How We Can, Too, by George Lakey
Book of the week: Investing in individuals delivers personal and national prosperity, Richard Murphy finds
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What is the oddest job on campus?
Academia takes in some truly esoteric topics and tasks, but what are the strangest jobs? Here, five individuals with surprising roles describe their work
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When will neuroscience blow our minds?
The discipline has promised big advances in many areas, but is it failing to live up to the hype? Three neuroscientists consider the state of their field
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The week in higher education – 4 August 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Laurie Taylor – 4 August 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Grant winners – 4 August 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Not for you: what ‘experts’ debate tells the working class
The ‘university-educated expert’ v ‘common man’ conflict cements the notion that higher study is not for the poor, says Ryan Coogan
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A humble request: don’t ask for letters of recommendation
Asking applicants for academic posts to submit references from supervisors can lead to exploitation; the practice needs to end, says Sanjay Pulipaka
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With end of tenure in sight, end of tether is too
With retirement age approaching, Irritable Male Syndrome is hitting Mark Montgomery particularly, unexpectedly, hard
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Impact of Stern REF review assessed
Re “Stern aims for lower REF workload, more ‘game-changing’ research” (28 July). As someone doing good research, this is how I read the recommendations of Lord Stern’s Review of the UK’s Research...
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Private positives
I would argue that the disappointing letter “Private ventures ripe for failure” (28 July) is backwards-looking and self-protectionist. It is an unreasoned attack on the alternative provider sector in...
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Beyond training
Re “The vocational alternative: a definitive opportunity for universities?” (31 July) How often do we have to read of universities’ failure to “equip” young people for work when their brief is to “...