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The Bourgeois: Between History and Literature by Franco Moretti
Valerie Sanders relishes this considered study of a quietly worthy class of men
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Moocs? They’re a cracking good idea
Anant Agarwal, president of edX, tells Chris Parr about online learning, money - and his egg-selling entrepreneurial past
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Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens: Video Spectatorship from VHS to File Sharing by Caetlin Benson-Allott
Linnie Blake discusses a new theory of the spectator in the post-cinema age
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THE podcast: 27 June 2013 issue review
Download the podcastGeorge Osborne’s spending review speech takes centre stage in this week’s issue review podcast, which also looks at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s...
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You’ve got to have faith – in the value of universities
Core principles underpin both the church and higher education, and we mustn’t be afraid to shout about them, writes Joy Carter
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Science capital boosted as BIS gets 6 per cent in cuts
Protection for science and research spending will be maintained in 2015-16 while the capital budget will be increased to £1.1 billion, the chancellor George Osborne announced today.
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NSP change embarrassing for Lib Dems but boon for postgrads
The National Scholarship Programme is to be cut by £100 million and made postgraduate-only, as part of savings announced in the coalition’s spending round.
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Welcome for capital increase but fears over frozen research spending
The capital budget for science will be increased to £1.1 billion in 2015-16 and maintained in real terms until the end of the decade, the chancellor George Osborne has announced.
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Leighton Andrews resigns after schools row
Leighton Andrews, the Welsh education minister who drove through controversial university mergers, has been forced to resign his position
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THE books podcast: Jules Pretty interview
Download the podcastOur fourth Books podcast features Jules Pretty, author and professor of environment and society, University of Essex, in conversation with Times Higher Education’s books editor,...
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Pit science capital against other spending, peers told
Science should be able to bid against other spending areas such as road-building for capital investment, the chief executive of the Science and Technology Facilities Council has argued.
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Maghreb meeting aims to boost field of research
A conference being held this week is setting out to revive a neglected area of research which the Arab Spring has put back in the world’s spotlight.
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University credit gap ‘could widen’
Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has predicted that the new higher education funding regime will harm the creditworthiness of some UK universities, widening the gap between the “strongest and...
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Texas affirmative action case to be reassessed
A landmark case on the use of affirmative action in university admissions has ended up without a clear winner after a ruling by the US Supreme Court.