That’s driving me up the wall! Academics’ pet peeves
The scholarly calling may be all about intellectual pursuits, but university life is not without its petty irritations. A dozen academics describe the daily distractions that annoy them most
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Gospels before the Book, by Matthew D. C. Larsen
This appraisal of the gospels does not transform our understanding of them, says Robert A. Segal
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Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration and Identity, by Akbar S. Ahmed
Migrants’ stories remind us of the paradox of a comparatively affluent Europe that shows a lack of compassion for outsiders, writes Amina Yaqin
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What are you reading? – 24 January 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education, edited by Marc Spooner and James McNinch
Book of the week: resisting neoliberal managerialism won’t solve the academy’s problems, says Martin McQuillan
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Appointments – 24 January 2019
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Threshold Modernism: New Public Women and the Literary Spaces of Imperial London, by Elizabeth F. Evans
Rebecca Bowler on how middle-class women saw and were seen in the metropolis
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Late-Life Love: A Memoir, by Susan Gubar
Deborah Rogers on a testament to literature’s power to sustain life in the face of the indignities of disease and age
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Books editor’s blog: seeing the photogenic side of science
Matthew Reisz discovers how intricate details in objects and substances can be captured with even the most basic equipment
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Paul Taylor, 1973-2018
Tributes paid to leading research integrity expert
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Office for Students: ‘fining council’ or facing impossible job?
V-c suggests English regulator, created a year ago, is ‘probably not long for this world’
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Website offers ‘complete PhD service’ for £36K
Seemingly owned by an Oxbridge Essays shareholder, company offers up to 100,000 words of ‘model writing assistance’
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UK research laboratories fear supply shortages after Brexit
UK universities and research institutes drawing up contingency plans for chaotic departure from European Union
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The week in higher education – 24 January 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media