THE podcast: 4-10 August 2016 issue review
This week's edition discussed by the editorial team
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How to work in a leadership role as a student
Working for university administration proves your valuable skills in a leadership position
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New group aims to increase female leadership in Europe
Despite a long history of trailblazing female academics, Europe's academy is making slow progress in promoting more women to senior roles, says lobby group
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UCLA chancellor: budgets and racial diversity biggest challenges
Tuition rises have left middle classes ‘slammed’, and low African American enrolments can cause tensions, warns Gene Block
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Updating to Remain the Same: Habitual New Media, by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
As we continually wait for the next big thing, we are doomed to disappointment, finds Tara Brabazon
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Middle Kingdom and Empire of the Rising Sun: Sino-Japanese Relations, Past and Present, by June Teufel Dreyer
Jonathan Mirsky considers an exploration of the dynamics between two ancient rival nations
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Books interview: Elizabeth Cobbs
The novelist and historian, whose latest book is The Hamilton Affair, says the best stories are those that make you care. Her summer plans include lying in a hammock, and reading the perfect number...
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What are you reading? – 4 August 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Concerning Consequences: Studies in Art, Destruction, and Trauma, by Kristine Stiles
Surviving a traumatic event isn’t a prerequisite for making great artworks, says K. E. Gover
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You Belong to the Universe: Buckminster Fuller and the Future, by Jonathon Keats
Howard Segal on an optimistic visionary who never quite achieved the utopian communities he envisioned
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Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right – and How We Can, Too, by George Lakey
Book of the week: Investing in individuals delivers personal and national prosperity, Richard Murphy finds
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What is the oddest job on campus?
Academia takes in some truly esoteric topics and tasks, but what are the strangest jobs? Here, five individuals with surprising roles describe their work
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When will neuroscience blow our minds?
The discipline has promised big advances in many areas, but is it failing to live up to the hype? Three neuroscientists consider the state of their field
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The week in higher education – 4 August 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media