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Political Emotions: Why Love Matters for Justice, by Martha Nussbaum
Geraldine Van Bueren lauds a plea to put our passions to work in building a more just society
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Sir David Bell takes aim at teacher training policy
Reading v-c finds government attitudes ‘puzzling and troubling’
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7 November 2013
Poison penmanship - Rude words, caustic comments and the application of academic vitriol
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THE Scholarly Web - 7 November 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Charles McKean, 1946-2013
A passionate and outspoken advocate for Scottish architecture has died
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News in brief - 7 November 2013
United StatesJobs to go at EdinboroA US university is to make more than 30 staff redundant in an effort to reduce its multimillion-dollar budget deficit. Edinboro University in Pennsylvania announced...
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Odds and quads - 7 November 2013
This hand-coloured aquatint print (above, right) is based on an oil painting by John Webber, an artist on James Cook’s third voyage to the South Seas, depicting a Maori settlement in Queen Charlotte...
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Campus round-up - 7 November 2013
Source: GettyHaka backersThe performance of the New Zealand rugby league team during the World Cup 2013 is being monitored by students. Postgraduates from the University of Hull’s department of sport...
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Grant winners - 7 November 2013
National Institute for Health ResearchHealth Technology Assessment ProgrammeAward winner: Edmund LambInstitution: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustValue: £2,004,482Accuracy of...
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News in brief - 7 November 2013
Science fundingByrne fired up over ring-fencingThe capital element of the science budget should be ring-fenced to avoid the risks of “announcement-based politics”, according to Labour’s new shadow...
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Anything to eat with that?
“Hurrah for David Cameron.”That was how Janet Fluellen, our Director of Curriculum Development, responded to the prime minister’s praise for such so-called “Mickey Mouse” degrees as Golf Course...
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Tough choice
You suggest that art history may be considered (albeit unfairly) a “soft” subject (The week in higher education, 31 October). In Trinity College, Cambridge’s list of preferred subjects, however, it...
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Pay it forward
“USS’ multibillion-pound deficit could leave staff footing the bill” (News, 31 October) reported allegations of a “black hole” in the Universities Superannuation Scheme and quoted the view that it...