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Publishing and the Advancement of Science – From Selfish Genes to Galileo’s Finger, by Michael Rodgers
Jon Turney on an editor whose work with popular science writers helped to re-establish the genre
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The Proteus Paradox: How Online Games and Virtual Worlds Change Us – And How They Don’t, by Nick Yee
Steve Redhead finds a lack of sophistication in this analysis of the online gaming community
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Notebooks, English Virtuosi, and Early Modern Science, by Richard Yeo
William Poole on how a culture of literary commonplacing gradually gave way to one of scientific record-keeping
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The Triple Package: What Really Determines Success, by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld
Deborah Rogers on the Tiger Mother’s new polemic
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Pilgrimage to Dollywood: A Country Music Road Trip through Tennessee, by Helen Morales
An autobiographical tale of country music fandom resonates with Susan Deacy
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China’s Foreign Policy, by Stuart Harris
The Party is still at the root of everything, says Jonathan Mirsky
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Which mission groups hook the most foreign students?
Different types of university across UK higher education have seen varying fortunes when it comes to international student recruitment over the past 10 years, this graph shows
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Panel to review student funding model
UUK to look at what changes would lower cost of system after report reveals meagre savings after fees hike
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News in brief - 24 April 2014
Ucas consultationNew tariff points system plannedUniversities will be asked to comment on a revised Ucas tariff points system. The admissions body is seeking the views of higher education...
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Hepi director: we could learn from Australian funding system
Policymakers urged to learn lessons from ‘advanced’ overseas model
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THE Scholarly Web - 24 April 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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What’s Klingon for ‘impact’?
I’ve had it with university enterprise: beam me up, Scotty, says Christopher Bigsby
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‘Hard core’ UCU activists urge staff to reject 2% pay offer
Marking boycott suspended as union warns accepting deal would represent a ‘damaging defeat’
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Whose side are we on in this moral contest?
Universities should not acquiesce in a system that perpetuates inequality - they must take a stand against it, argues Thomas Docherty