News in brief - 6 March 2014
Study visasSubcontinental driftThe latest migration figures indicated another sharp drop in the number of students from the Indian subcontinent coming to the UK, although the overall number of...
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Bursaries fail to help poor students stay the course
Shift to outreach, Ebdon says, as Offa finds no link between awards and retention
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The Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So Bad for So Many and What Can Be Done to Improve It, by David Weil
Virginia Doellgast finds workers pay dearly when big firms devolve oversight of pay and conditions
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The App Generation: How Today’s Youth Navigate Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World, by Howard Gardner and Katie Davis
Tara Brabazon ponders an exploration of youth and new technology
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I Met Lucky People, by Yaron Matras
Shattering stereotypes starts with sharing everyday experiences, suggests Annabel Tremlett
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How Universities Work, by John V. Lombardi
Malcolm Gillies relishes the lean explanations in this drily witty and handy account of higher education
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6 March 2014
10 point guide to dodging publishing pitfalls - Veteran academic authors share their hard-won tips
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An electoral agenda for universities
We must press politicians to show how a future government will support the sector, says Christopher Snowden
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A Will to Believe: Shakespeare and Religion, by David Scott Kastan
Peter J. Smith on the question of the Bard’s faith
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Video games industry ‘wary’ of interns
Firms want courses fine-tuned to equip students with the skills they need
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Aleister Crowley and the Temptation of Politics, by Marco Pasi
Clive Bloom praises an admirable introduction to the magical and political connections of a controversial figure
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The Monkey’s Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life, by Alan de Queiroz
Are tales of incredible animal excursions nonsense or did they shape our world? asks Tiffany Taylor
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You make me feel brand new
Editor’s Note: In some weeks, changes in higher education are of sufficient moment to warrant extended treatment. We are happy to devote this entire edition of The Poppletonian to just such a...
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‘Unusual’ growth in student numbers will be reviewed
Willetts hints that ‘unplanned’ expansion after cap lifts will be scrutinised