Discovery and impact: no conflict in twin aims, EPSRC chief insists
Controversial capabilities policy retained as one of three strands in research council’s new plan
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Loss of teacher training places is hurting schools, says vice-chancellor
University of Cumbria’s Peter Strike also estimates that changes to allocations have cost it £2.1m in income
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Researchers relying on DIY software programs
Survey finds that many academics who develop their own software have had no formal training
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Wales will fight to protect fee support for students studying in England
Welsh education minister Huw Lewis says he will continue to prioritise the ‘life chances’ of the country’s young
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Research v regulation: is there another way?
Mark Israel’s book Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Science looks at need for nuance in applying guidelines and protocols
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Campus close-up: Sheffield Hallam University
Provision of initial teacher training faces a huge upheaval but there is also scope for new networks and partnerships
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‘They’ has arrived at the pronoun party
Students are using new gender-inclusive terms, and academics have to catch on and catch up, says Deborah D. Rogers
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Why live lecturing benefits from ‘fear’
English literature scholar and teacher Eileen Pollard reveals ways to engage students in lectures
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Defence of the humanities draws applause
Scholars laud Sarah Churchwell’s Times Higher Education essay restating value of arts and humanities disciplines
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Manakamana, directed by Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez
Footage shot in a cable car carrying pilgrims to a Nepalese temple makes for profoundly moving cinema, writes Duncan Wu
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Chris Barton, Kathryn Ecclestone, Michael King, A. W. Purdue and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale, by Marina Warner
A potent study revisits familiar territory and gives new insights into tales for children, finds Shahidha Bari
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Berkeley’s Puzzle: What Does Experience Teach Us?, by John Campbell and Quassim Cassam
Jane O’Grady on a debate between two philosophers, who offer elegant ‘solutions’
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The Meaning of Human Existence, by Edward O. Wilson
The folksy charm of these essays threatens to detract from the main argument, says Simon Underdown
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Constructed Situations: A New History of the Situationist International, by Frances Stracey
Alex Danchev considers a history of a small but influential group of cultural ‘hijackers’