Must We Divide History Into Periods?, by Jacques Le Goff
The Renaissance and the Middle Ages should be seen as a continuous epoch, argues Helen Fulton
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Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy, by Victor Tan Chen
When it comes to meritocracy in free market capitalism, people don’t hate the game, they hate the players, says Angelia Wilson
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Vulnerability and Young People: Care and Social Control in Policy and Practice, by Kate Brown
Jane Appleton on how youths feel about the organisational decisions and interventions that are supposed to help them
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How Europe’s academy is addressing the refugee crisis
As universities and academics strive to aid migrants and understand their plight, scholars offer personal experiences of the upheaval
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The Cunning of Uncertainty, by Helga Nowotny
Flora Samuel on a revelatory call for researchers to embrace context, culture and the unknown
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What are you reading? – 15 October 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The perils of ‘philanthrocapitalism’
Are corporations profiting from philanthropy? Do mega-donors acquire too much influence? Linsey McGoey on ‘saint’ Bill Gates and the downsides of giving away $16 billion
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Cameron access targets ‘a major factor’ in higher education Green Paper
Concerns also raised over ‘reckless’ plans to advance market entry and exit in England
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Grant winners – 15 October 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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The week in higher education – 15 October 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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Laurie Taylor – 15 October 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Postdoc blues: how do you know when it is time to give up?
They think I’m a rising star, says a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford, but my hopes of a real career in science are sinking
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We must instil a love of reading in students
Academics have to affirm reading’s value and help undergraduates develop this high-level skill by setting them whole books, argues Frank Furedi