An affecting presence
Throughout his career, Sir David Watson sought to develop an understanding of higher education through research. He strongly supported the idea that higher education is a social good. As president of...
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Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham - 19 February 2015
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How Good We Can Be: Ending the Mercenary Society and Building a Great Country, by Will Hutton
Top-down ideas narrow a New Labour architect’s vision of a brave new Britain, says Philip Roscoe
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The Poet’s Tale: Chaucer and the Year that Made The Canterbury Tales, by Paul Strohm
A gripping pilgrimage towards a seminal period in the genesis of a literary classic, says Elizabeth Scala
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Radical Feminism: Feminist Activism in Movement, by Finn Mackay
Lynne Segal on one woman’s efforts to revitalise a political force
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Hitler’s First Victims and One Man’s Race for Justice, by Timothy W. Ryback
A German lawyer’s experience brings home the horrors of early Nazification, writes Hester Vaizey
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The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table’s Shadow Side, by Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa and Mary Virginia Orna
Peter Wothers revels in a treasure trove of ‘wrong’ chemistry and great history
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Vinyl: The Analogue Record in the Digital Age, by Dominik Bartmanski and Ian Woodward
News of the death of the iconic disc has been greatly exaggerated, says Hillegonda C. Rietveld
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UCL Australia ‘to wind down by 2017’
Future of branch campus in Adelaide under review as funds dry up and London focuses on partnerships
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Despite claims of deception, ‘no evidence’ that fraud is rife among recruiters, says expert
FoI request on agent impropriety reveals that fake papers is top concern
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University of Manchester: Building an ‘arts lab’ fuelled by the appliance of science
The John Rylands Research Institute pairs collections and curators with scholars and scientists
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Qatar extends research funding lifeline for outsiders
British academics are second most successful in securing grants from the Qatar National Research Fund’s collaborative programmes
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Shut the front door!
Fear of offending makes a pig’s ear of free speech, says Christopher Bigsby
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University rankings: made-to-measure metrics to suit local fashions
A summit in Qatar is a chance to determine the meaning of excellence in the Middle East and North Africa, says Cesar Wazen
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Macbeth, Lost Theatre, London
Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy is actor-centred and is often best presented stripped of all distractions, says Peter J. Smith