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Bristol head named as next UUK chief
Eric Thomas, the University of Bristol’s vice-chancellor, will be the next president of Universities UK, it has been announced.
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UK higher education becomes the main destination for million-pound donations
Higher education received more million-pound gifts than any other fundraising sector in the UK in 2008-09, according to an annual survey published by Coutts.
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Fees hike will restrict access
Ethnic minorities and the poor may be priced out of university. It will be a loss for them, for society and for academia, warns Nabil Ahmed
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Canadian scholars defend freedoms in face of growing marketisation
Academic freedom has always been a struggle for universities to maintain, something that constantly needs to be defended from outside pressures, many scholars would argue.In Canada, the university...
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The utilitarian fallacy
The Browne Review’s narrow economic approach will leave vital non-STEM subjects at the whim of fad and fashion and ultimately undermine the academy, argues Gerald Pillay
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Showtime: A History of the Broadway Musical Theater
Dominic Shellard thrills to the colour, glamour and melody of the American way in song and dance
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Strictly English: The Correct Way to Write...and Why It Matters
Geoff Pullum lambasts an archaic guide to English that is long on attitude but short on accuracy
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Tales from the Sausage Factory: Making Laws in New York State
This is an intriguing idea for what will doubtless seem a rather specialist book - unless you are an American or interested in politics, the law and constitutional matters. Its title is adapted from...
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The Canon: The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf
What women look like is often more important than what they do. That this is still sadly the case, 20 years on from the publication of Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth, is exemplified by Liverpool, the...
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The Fear of Barbarians
Michael King sees flaws in this rhetorical critique of the West's moral response to Islamist terrorism
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She's So Fine: Reflections on Whiteness, Femininity, Adolescence and Class in 1960s Music
If you thought musical tales of misogynistic violence were the sole preserve of heavy metal bands, think again. As this edited volume illustrates, such narratives were also evident in songs such as...
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Histories of Labour: National and International Perspectives
Most historians will recognise the back cover of this book: it shows a worker with a stick and a basket, smoking and walking, with an early steam train in the background. It is the picture that used...
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John Keats: A Literary Life
A biographical ode to a fine Romantic soars above publishing restraints, writes Duncan Wu
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Living History: A Family's 19th Century
On 11 May 1812, something unique in English history occurred: the prime minister was assassinated. He was Spencer Perceval, shot dead by John Bellingham, who was tried and hanged within a week of the...