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Research councilsSchools connection to endThe UK's research councils are to close their long-running researchers-in-residence scheme. The programme, which has been in existence for 17 years, sponsors...
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Widening access: are we imposing middle-class values on everyone?
University may not always be the best option for those from poorer backgrounds. Jack Grove reports
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Just the job: Canada's students shift to the college fast lane
Fleet of foot vocational institutions steal a march on traditional universities. Jon Marcus reports
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Together, we're stronger
Partnerships between public and private institutions are key to weathering these uncertain times, says James Kirkbride
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Safeguarding quality could soon become a very risky business
The regulatory regime outlined in the White Paper may lighten the bureaucratic burden but it has its dangers, warns Roger King
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Reforms: so far, so good
The Australian 'education revolution' is making progress, although there are still challenges to be overcome, writes Peter Coaldrake
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A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change
Can a philosophical approach to the climate issue have a practical impact? wonders Steve Yearley
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The Black Legend of Prince Rupert's Dog: Witchcraft and Propaganda During the English Civil War
A tale of a royal's best friend whose reputation was manipulated to scare the enemy delights
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Speciesism, Painism and Happiness: A Morality for the Twenty-First Century
It's generous of Peter Singer to remind us that, even if he has talked a lot about the concept, the term "speciesism" isn't his but Richard Ryder's, coined in 1970 while - so we're told - lying in...
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The Official History of the British Civil Service: Reforming the Civil Service, Volume 1: The Fulton Years, 1966-81
The Official History Programme was established in 1908 to record and learn lessons from the Boer and Russo-Japanese wars, and continued in 1919 with a series of wartime histories. In 1957, the...
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The Soul of the Greeks: An Inquiry
Barbara Graziosi is underwhelmed by a restrictive reading of the ancient Greek soul
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Enacting Others: Politics of Identity in Eleanor Antin, Nikki S. Lee, Adrian Piper, and Anna Deavere Smith
How have contemporary artists impersonated people from different backgrounds as the basis for art? What have their performances revealed about the fears and fantasies that are projected on to racial...
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Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future
We live in an increasingly globalised and integrated world in which people are able to travel and migrate with greater ease than ever before. Whether fleeing political conflict, seeking higher wages...
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Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked Into an Intellectual Black Hole
Martin Cohen finds an attack on irrationality worryingly unscientific in its methods
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The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony, 1845-1852
In the autumn of 1845, a new fungus, later named Phytophthora infestans, struck potato crops. The disease was not restricted to Ireland, ranging as widely as Silesia in Poland, and the US. The blight...