The New Emperors: Power and the Princelings in China, by Kerry Brown
Seven men rule the Middle Kingdom, but why them? Jonathan Mirsky on a study of Party potentates
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English language tests: poor preparation?
Foreign students in the UK need fluency, not just a certificate, says Karen Harris
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No logic in King’s College job cuts
Dorothy Bishop on the senseless purge at the Institute of Psychiatry
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World in brief - 3 July 2014
IrelandTeacher to student ratios ‘out of line’ with other nationsClass sizes in Irish universities have grown rapidly in recent years, a report says. According to the Higher Education Authority study...
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Bruno Zumino, 1923-2014
A physicist who played a central role in developing the theory of supersymmetry – often known as SUSY – has died
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Q&A with Lord Eatwell
We speak to the new chair to the advisory board of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath
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News in brief - 3 July 2014
Investment in academic teachingGraduate quality at stakeThe future quality of graduates is under threat from underinvestment in teaching, according to a study. The report, Improving the Status and...
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Grant winners - 3 July 2014
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilAward winner: Davey JonesInstitution: Bangor UniversityValue: £61,710The environmental IoT: understanding and managing the natural environment...
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Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham - 3 July 2014
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He’s got (Russian) rhythm
Lara Cook in her review of William Zimmerman’s Ruling Russia: Authoritarianism from the Revolution to Putin (Books, 26 June) is amused by his suggestion that Stalin’s loyal apparatchik Vyacheslav...
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Keyboard shortcuts
The article on plagiarism (“Spain’s battle for originality is like herding (copy)cats”, News, 26 June) is a tad complacent when discussing this problem in the UK.I have heard postgraduates discussing...
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Tub stumper
I was very interested to read your article on academic exile (“Home away from home”, Features, 26 June), not least because this is an experience I am familiar with, having held academic positions in...
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I’m sorry I haven’t a clue
Students, not just those studying A levels, do indeed forget a large proportion of what they have been taught (“New students ‘have forgotten bulk of A-level knowledge’ ”, 25 June).It happens at all...
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Obstacles to ethnography
I enjoyed Laurie Taylor’s piece on immersive research (“Get stuck in”, Features, 19 June), and – as a part-time criminologist – share some of his nostalgia for the heyday and published classics of...
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A clear signal about funding education
Your report on how government policy may be informed by an unsupportable human capital theory of educational economics (“Improvement by degree or innate talent?”, News, 26 June) made sobering reading...