A stage for the battle-scarred to tell their tales
Theatre director uses fellowship to give dramatic shape to the stories of ex-combatants
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Bumps on Dubai’s university highway
Western universities are refining their offerings as the city-state’s economy gets back on track. Jack Grove reports from the UAE
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Grant winners - 18 April 2013
Economic and Social Research CouncilDFID-ESRC Growth Research ProgrammeAward winner: Christopher WoodruffInstitution: University of WarwickValue: £361,028Training, productivity and upgrading:...
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Appointments - 18 April 2013
University of CambridgeDavid MacKayDavid MacKay, who has recently been appointed the Regius professor in engineering at the University of Cambridge, said that despite a brief phase when he had other...
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Bob Godfrey, 1921-2013
Academics have paid tribute to “the godfather of British animation” for playing a pivotal role in putting the subject on university syllabuses
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Applying changes
A rising proportion of university applicants will have vocational qualifications. The sector must respond, says Mary Curnock Cook
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It's another world
Kevin Fong boldly takes science to pupils in post-Thatcher, post-Spock galaxies
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The week in higher education - 18 April 2013
After two years of taking flak from the Left for setting up an £18,000-a-year liberal arts college, A.C. Grayling is now in the cross hairs of the Right. His crime: not enough deference to the late...
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The People’s Car: A Global History of the Volkswagen Beetle by Bernhard Rieger
Ulrike Zitzlsperger on the evolution of an iconic vehicle
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Napalm: An American Biography by Robert M. Neer
Marilyn Young on the harrowing history of a chemical used to kill hundreds of thousands of people
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Soldier, Sailor, Beggarman, Thief: Crime and the British Armed Services since 1914 by Clive Emsley
A. W. Purdue on the prevalence of crime within the British armed forces
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Martin Cohen, Mary Evans, R.C. Richardson, Bruce Scharlau and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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PhD system risks leaving overseas students in the cold
Doctoral training centre model poses international challenge for institutions
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Efficiency can be too ruthless
The need to run a tight financial ship is important, but it cannot be the sole determiner of the shape of higher education