International institutions unite to bolster liberal arts
16-member Global Academy of Liberal Arts aims to help reassert value of non-STEM study
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Welsh all-for-one model to save sinking peers ditched
‘Draconian’ idea to pool universities’ financial resources to rescue failing institutions abandoned
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City’s credit-free study appeals to part-timers
Offering courses without credit afforded City University London more flexibility
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The scholars who put ‘useless’ study to work
Tales of activism and optimism and an eminent scholar’s defence of the humanities aired at Living With the Cuts conference
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Open access publisher brings scholarship to developing world
New mobile app helps a Cambridge press offer free digital monographs even to those without computers
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Spain’s student grants: better late than never?
Federal minister blames Catalonia for payment delays in reformed student-aid system
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All in the name of research
Thrill-seekers or pioneers? Scholars operating close to legal boundaries attract both labels
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Happily ever after?
Which fairy tale is the greatest of them all? Sally Feldman on enduring themes
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Belle, directed by Amma Asante
Catherine Clinton admires the story of a mixed-race girl with an aristocratic upbringing told against the background of the abolition of slavery
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Philip Kemp, Peet Morris, James I. Rogers, Bruce Scharlau and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Cracking the Particle Code of the Universe, by John W. Moffat
A former Higgs boson sceptic is a formidable guide on the hunt for the elusive particle
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Guilty Knowledge, Guilty Pleasures: The Dirty Art of Poetry, by William Logan
Duncan Wu on a collection of essays and reviews from a discerning critic
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Malcolm X at Oxford Union: Racial Politics in a Global Era, by Saladin Ambar
Hakim Adi finds an analysis of an often overlooked speech reveals much about the activist’s views
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Revolutionizing Retail: Workers, Political Action, and Social Change, by Kendra Coulter
Amanda Pyman on the changes necessary to improve conditions for shop workers
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Outside the Gates of Eden: The Dream of America from Hiroshima to Now, by Peter Bacon Hales
Marilyn Young on a cultural history of the US from the atomic age to the present