Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality, by Max Tegmark
An intellectual adventure that seeks to explain everything through maths captivates John Gribbin
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Reclaiming American Virtue: The Human Rights Revolution of the 1970s, by Barbara Keys
Marilyn Young on the development of human rights as an important issue in the US
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Wizards, Aliens and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction, by Charles L. Adler
Her Star Trek dream dashed, Noel-Ann Bradshaw is still delighted by the science of impossible tales
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The Watchdog That Didn’t Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative Journalism, by Dean Starkman
A demonstration of the need for modern muckrakers also celebrates the best work journalism can do, finds Tim Luckhurst
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Students take legal action over withdrawal of visa sponsorships
Overseas recruits on LSBF-taught course seek damages over treatment by university sponsor
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Day one of lifelong engagement at Nottingham
Who got that job? Doug Thomson discusses fundraising and getting Nottingham alumni involved long term. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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Former member’s misconduct causes third retraction for lab
Image manipulation has forced retraction of Oxford unit’s Cell Metabolism paper
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Raw deal for BME students?
Do black, Asian and minority ethnic students get value for money from our top universities?When selecting the university they believe will provide them with the best student experience and a degree...
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Following the Leader: Ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, by David M. Lampton
Jonathan Mirsky on a selective view of the Chinese political elite
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Institute of Education will bring ‘healthy dowry’ to UCL marriage
Proposed merger is for academic reasons, not to cut costs, insists UCL provost
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Early career academics make mark on REF
Fewer outputs in assessment exercise as analysis of submission data reveals impact of new criteria
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Blob rule turns up the heat
Unscrupulous operators should be unmasked, but using them to tar all the sector causes damage without tackling vital issues
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Making online teaching click
Why classroom veteran Dale Salwak waited 17 years to join the digital pedagogues
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Malcolm McVicar on human rights, buffer zones and 'girlie bars'
Uclan group chief executive officer discusses how the university’s planned campus in Sri Lanka can be a force for good
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THE Scholarly Web - 13 February 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere