If conservative views are not represented in social research, leftists will suffer most
If elements of society feel they have no stake in humanities and social science research, their support for it will evaporate, warns Musa al-Gharbi
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The week in higher education – 29 March 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Confessions of a fairy hunter
The mere mention of fairies in academic circles can bring derision. Yet the field is a rich one that has much to offer open-minded, multidisciplinary scholars, writes Simon Young
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First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery, by Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr
Andreas Prokop on an insect that has been vital in helping biologists to understand our world
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The Mind Is Flat: The Illusion of Mental Depth and the Improvised Mind, by Nick Chater
Do we invent most of what we think in the moment? Tristan Bekinschtein struggles to wrap his head around a thesis arguing that we have no desires, motives or fears
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Books editor’s blog: Humanities and social sciences: why so defensive about the Classics?
Neville Morley’s negative approach to promoting his subject fails to take account of the public’s growing appetite for learning about the ancient world
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Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World, by Joshua B. Freeman
From cotton to iPhones, a study eyes the triffid-like size of industrial plants, says Richard J. Williams
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The Joy of Sets: A Short History of the Television, by Chris Horrocks
Emily Rees on a study of the goggle-box that touches on the Victorians, the Nazis and Elvis
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What are you reading? – 29 March 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Appointments – 29 March 2018
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Richer data give the lie to poor completion rates in Canada
Following individuals’ paths in and out of different institutions shows that most students eventually graduate, say Ross Finnie, Richard E. Mueller and Arthur Sweetman
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Students’ narcissism trumps their work ethic
Efforts to convince modern undergraduates to study hard and accept their grades need constant reinforcement, say Raj Persaud and Adrian Furnham
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Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum and Seventies Britain, by Robert Saunders
Book of the week: After a bitter campaign, the UK once resoundingly rejected Euroscepticism, Vernon Bogdanor writes
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Claims that reproducibility crisis ‘overblown’ spark debate
Scientists reject the ‘crisis narrative’ as an inflammatory distraction from bigger issues