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Reading Celebrity Gossip Magazines, by Andrea M. McDonnell
Christina Scharff on an exploration of the pleasure, curiosity and guilt that accompany this pastime
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Making England Western: Occidentalism, Race and Imperial Culture, by Saree Makdisi
Claire Chambers on how the national imaginings of the English changed during the Romantic period separating out notions of class and race
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The Nine Elements of a Sustainable Campus, by Mitchell Thomashow
A US approach to environmental integrity offers useful pointers for the UK, says David Maguire
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Birkbeck’s shorter part-time degrees appeal to teenagers
University boosted by three-year model as young flock to evening classes
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Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 puts fledgling Chinese media in spotlight
The performance of the domestic press has fallen short of expectations, says Hong Bing
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New name for ‘Bottom Russellers’
Our Deputy Head of Brand Management, Georgina Edsel, has joined the national search for a new name for those low-ranking members of the Russell Group recently described as “Bottom Russellers” by Sir...
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No winner in conflict that led to researcher’s dismissal
Imperial College London ‘acted reasonably’ in sacking of geneticist who was harassed by Philippe Froguel
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Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census, by Jill Liddington
New data enrich an account of the activists who refused to be counted in 1911, says June Purvis
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Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator, by Andreas Bernard
Ulrike Zitzlsperger on how the ‘vertical railway’ has changed our society and our buildings
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THE podcast: Ebrahim Afsah interview
Source: CourseraDownload the podcastAssociate professor of public international law at the University of Copenhagen, Ebrahim Afsah, talks about his Coursera massive open online course, Constitutional...
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‘Good’ degree awards not always in line with intake
Hefce report reveals more firsts and 2:1s than expected at some institutions
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Our benchmark for best practice? Ourselves
Universities can improve their procedures by studying themselves instead of others, says Stephen Yorkstone
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Cardiff University forced to hold fire on Griff Rhys Jones
‘Indignant’ academics block comic’s ‘preordained’ appointment as the university’s chancellor
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Let us learn in our own language, says Algerian scholar
Use of English and French in Middle Eastern universities creates a divisive elite, argues Inam Bioud