Leader: America's pyrrhic victory
The US has some outstanding universities, but there is a dark side to its achievements, which the UK would do well to avoid
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Research intelligence - Tiny steps to new world, but UK is stumbling
Nobel laureate excoriates the 'butchers' blocking progress in nanoscience. Paul Jump reports
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The week in higher education
"Well done, Tony Blair in 2004 and well done, David Cameron today." Such sentiments may not be shared by universities whose teaching grant has been cut by 80 per cent or by students about to see...
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From where I sit - 'Pure' and 'impure' thought
"Welcome to the Land of the Pure," a feminist professor proclaimed with a twinkle during my recent research trip to Pakistan. Yet in the aftermath of the assassination of Salman Taseer, the governor...
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Dora Opoku, 1948-2010
A pioneer of midwifery education, who was known for her sense of style and once outshone the Queen with an extraordinary hat, has died.Dora Opoku was born in Ghana on 14 April 1948, trained as a...
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Communication Skills for Biosciences
Authors: Maureen M. Dawson, Brian A. Dawson and Joyce A. OverfieldEdition: FirstPublisher: John Wiley & SonsPages: 180Price: £19.99ISBN 9780470863930There is just one aspect of my job that I...
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Biosciences round-up
Campbell Biology: Global EditionAuthors: Jane B. Reece, Lisa Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky and Robert B. JacksonEdition: NinthPublisher: PearsonPages: 1,464Price: £49....
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Student Review: Conservation Science: Balancing the Needs of People and Nature
Authors: Peter Kareiva and Michelle MarvierEdition: FirstPublisher: Roberts & CompanyPages: 576Price: £50.00ISBN 9781936221066The subtitle of this work neatly establishes the emphasis of its...
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Student Review: Medical Genetics
Author: Ian D. YoungEdition: First (reissued)Publisher: Oxford University PressPages: 320Price: £29.99ISBN 9780199594610Ian Young's textbook aims to review the basic genetic principles and relevant...
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Key Methods in Geography
Editors: Nicholas Clifford, Shaun French and Gill ValentineEdition: SecondPublisher: SAGEPages: 568Price: £85.00 and £28.99ISBN 9781412935081 and 5098The second edition of Key Methods in Geography,...
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Student Review: Sustainable Transportation: Problems and Solutions
Author: William R. BlackEdition: FirstPublisher: Guilford PressPages: 298Price: £41.00ISBN 9781606234853Sustainability in recent years has become ever more present in academic literature, the media...
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Germany, 1914-1933: Politics, Society and Culture
Author: Matthew StibbeEdition: FirstPublisher: Pearson LongmanPages: 288Price: £16.99ISBN 9781405801362The general analysis of the history of the Weimar Republic (1919-33) is dominated by two...
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Student Review: Hollywood's America: Twentieth-Century America Through Film
Editors: Steven Mintz and Randy W. RobertsEdition: FourthPublisher: John Wiley & SonsPages: 416Price: £22.99ISBN 9781405190039This book's aim is to present "classic American films as artefacts of...
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The Social Impact of the Arts: An Intellectual History
Authors: Eleonora Belfiore and Oliver BennettEdition: SecondPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 248Price: £18.99ISBN 97802303511Studying within a single disciplinary field has both benefits and...
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Contemporary American Fiction
Author: David BraunerEdition: FirstPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPages: 256Price: £60.00 and £16.99ISBN 9780748622672 and 22689Contemporary US fiction is a developing field. Its protagonists...