15 January 2009
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Visions of the future
Technology can facilitate scholarship, particularly when it is intuitive and user-friendly, argues Tara Brabazon
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Bullied Blogger: “Can you find it? Find it!”
Today marks the start of the diary of a Bullied Blogger, an account of the anxiety one academic starts to feel when a new head of department arrives. We hope this account will provide an insight into...
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The war of Cromwell’s teeth
An overseas applicant’s woefully illiterate proposal on the feminine wiles of Olivia Cromwell nearly leads to civil war in the department. Gloria Monday rallies her fellow academics.
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Journal authors must also post to Wikipedia
Findings of papers accepted for RNA Biology have to be added to website, Melanie Newman reports
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Her guitar wept and her voice soared
The passing of American singer, guitarist, songwriter and civil-rights activist Odetta reminds us of the power of music and the relevance of history, says Tara Brabazon
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Creative, flexible systems are key to lifelong learning
Universities need to “show more imagination” to create a culture of lifelong learning in the higher education sector, Sir David Watson said this week.Speaking in his role as chair of the Commission...
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Obsession: A History
Behaviour is judged within cultural contexts and, says Christine Purdon, excused if deemed positive
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The Masculine Self in Late Medieval England
Sometime during the 1340s, a child was born in Lincolnshire and brought up as a boy called Nicholas. In his twenties, Nicholas married a young girl called Katherine. Unfortunately, Katherine soon...
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Cambodian Dance: Celebration of the Gods
Denise Heywood dedicates this book to the dancers who survived the horrific years of the Pol Pot regime (1975-79), when 90 per cent of Cambodian artists and artisans were murdered. The few who...
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Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology
Robert Bradley enjoys a clear, elegant exposition of the history and principles of topology
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Cinematic Mythmaking: Philosophy in Film
"There is", writes Irving Singer in his prefatory note, "no definitive termination in this text, or in anything else I write." He adds that "because my mission is not historical, I feel justified in...
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Heffers, Cambridge
1. Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air by David Mackay. UIT Cambridge, £19.99. ISBN 97809544529332. Oliver Cromwell: New Perspectives edited by Patrick Little. Palgrave Macmillan, £17.99. ISBN...
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Book of the Week: Einstein's Generation
Simon Mitton is pleased to see other great physicists get their due
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The week in books
Elsewhere, USA: How We Got From the Company Man, Family Dinners and the Affluent Society to the Home Office, BlackBerry Moms and Economic Anxiety by Dalton Conley, university professor of the social...