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The Undivided Past: History Beyond Our Differences by David Cannadine
Jill Stephenson on a skilful critique of the scholarly preoccupation with difference
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Shakespeare in Company by Bart van Es
Peter J. Smith on the Bard as collaborative figure
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Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman by Jeremy Adelman
Andreas Hess discusses the incredible life of an artist of ‘possibilism’
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The University and the City by John Goddard and Paul Vallance
Geoffrey Alderman on the social and economic benefits that an institution can bring to a locality
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Shaping Europe: France, Germany and Embedded Bilateralism from the Elysée Treaty to Twenty-First Century Politics by Ulrich Krotz and Joachim Schild
Roger Morgan on the Franco-German alliance within the EU and its effect on decision-making in the union
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Going Grey: The Mediation of Politics in an Ageing Society by Scott Davidson
Sarah Harper on the changing approach of the media and governments to ageing populations
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Sierra Leone: child soldiers 10 years on
University vice-chancellor reveals the struggle to educate students who have been brutalised by civil war
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Going Global delegates debate post-conflict education
For long-term prosperity, universities in war-torn countries must focus on rebuilding infrastructure, conference hears
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7 - 14 March 2013 - The week in higher education
A student has started a campaign against sexism after enduring misogynistic heckling during a debating competition. Rebecca Meredith, a politics student at King’s College, Cambridge, said she was...
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Male voice misfire
I am surprised to note no women among the 11 named speakers in your advertisement for the forthcoming World Academic Summit (7 March). I do hope that this is not representative of the “senior...
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Ethics rethink for social sciences
‘Common principles’ plan aims to protect research from risk-averse committees. Paul Jump reports
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Traditional values
In our market-driven world, in which the ideals of common good are disappearing, Fred Inglis reminds us that it is the public universities that are in a pivotal position to protect our society
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Presidents take on the gun lobby
Post-Sandy Hook, hundreds of American college presidents are taking on the gun lobby. Amid the US’ increasingly febrile and evidence-free policy debates, does the campaign signal a return to the ‘...
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Extremes: Life, Death and the Limits of the Human Body by Kevin Fong
David Green on the risks and rewards of medical progress