Students’ show of solidarity with national strike action
Occupations are under way at two London universities as students rally in support of lecturers mounting a national strike over pensions, pay and jobs.
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Aston opts for maximum fees
Aston University has become the first institution from outside the 1994 and Russell groups to announce plans to charge tuition fees of £9,000 in 2012.
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The Turbulent World of Franz Göll: An Ordinary Berliner Writes the Twentieth Century
Ulrike Zitzlsperger on the diaries of an 'average' man who played witness to the tumult of history
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When I am playing with my cat, how do I know she is not playing with me? Montaigne and Being in Touch with Life
A whimsical tale fails to convey the power of a great thinker's insights, writes Biancamaria Fontana
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Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture
Throughout these pages I have sought to write tendentiously," declares Gregory Sholette unwisely, "producing, I hope, a committed work that never disengages from its critical core." Tendentious to...
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The Public Value of the Humanities
This book provides a top-notch tutorial on the current states of humanities research in the UK. The Shakespeare scholar, Jonathan Bate, has imaginatively arranged 24 essays commissioned by the Arts...
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Imperialism, Power, and Identity: Experiencing the Roman Empire
Tom Palaima appreciates a depiction of the nature of exploitation under Roman imperial rule
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Higher Education and the Public Good: Imagining the University
This is a book on the philosophy of higher education in the tradition of Aristotle. Its refreshing message is that higher education, properly conceived, reflects the relatedness of human beings, and...
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Darwin's Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong
Let me start by conceding the central, most controversial thesis argued in this book: that neo-creationism and ultra-Darwinism are opposing offshoots of the same modernist root. Both read the Bible...
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Asia-Pacific nations in chemistry, 2000-2010
Asia-Pacific nations in chemistry, 2000-2010Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 2000-31 December 2010A-P rankWorld rankNations Papers Citations Citations...
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MBA goes global in bid to create the worldly wise
Overhaul aims to give students the flexibility needed in an ever-changing market. Hannah Fearn reports
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Foreign students may look elsewhere, UK warned
The UK has long had "more than its fair share" of international students, and must reconcile itself to the fact that things are going to change.This warning was made by Richard Yelland, head of the...
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News in brief
IndiaHindi proves unpopularAn Indian university established to teach foreign languages has found that the demand for Hindi is so low that the staff members teaching the course outnumber the students...
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Appointments
Washington University in St LouisR. Marie GriffithA pioneer of the study of modern evangelical women who described her work as "bridging thorny divides" has been named director of the John C....
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Blogconfidential: She knows where the bodies are buried
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: She knows where the bodies are buried