Spartan helotry
Austerity has brought tragedy to Greece and the UK. Martin McQuillan reflects on the narrative and ideology of ‘fiscal discipline’ and what it means for both nations and their academies
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Head in the clouds, feet on the ground
Ronald Barnett offers an imaginative approach to the idea of the university: ‘feasible utopias’ that open up possibilities for renewal beyond the dominant ideas of the market and the pessimistic...
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Political absurdities
The US Constitution is flawed but many Americans don’t see it, says Alan Ryan
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Appliance of social science
Joined-up thinking across theory and practice could revolutionise our public services, says Jonathan Shepherd
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3 January 2013
The big squeeze - Austerity plays out on the Greek stage – and closer to home, too
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Off Piste - Unfamiliar territory
To many in the West, Central Asia is a bewildering array of indistinguishable nations. But if you take the time to get to know them, argues David Mould, the ‘stans’ are fascinating individuals
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THE podcast: 3 January 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanEditor John Gill and reporters Elizabeth Gibney and Matthew Reisz join Chris Parr for this week’s THE podcast to discuss some of the highlights from the latest issue of...
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
The ‘most authoritative polymath of our age’ offers a reverse recipe very much to Chris Knight’s taste
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Professors feel stitched up over stressful career list
University professors have the least stressful career in the US - narrowly beating tailors and seamstresses into second place, a job listing website has found
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Higher podcasts aim to take university debate to new level
An interview with former foreign secretary David Miliband is among the first podcasts now available on Times Higher Education's own podcast channel.
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Stress, pay, UKBA: our most read stories of 2012 revealed
Academics’ pay and stress levels featured prominently in the ten most popular Times Higher Education news stories of 2012.
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Ministers put the cap on pharmacy student numbers
The number of students embarking on pharmacy programmes in England will be restricted to match the number of NHS-funded training placements.
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'God particle' physicist and VCs recognised in honours list
One of the men who predicted the existence of the Higgs boson particle has been given the highest possible accolade in the New Year Honours list, released today.
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Tribal leader in overseas student surveys after i-graduate takeover
An outsourcing company has announced that it will buy i-graduate, a firm that surveys international students and agents, for up to £7.5 million.
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Picking winners? Osborne reveals graphene cash as Treasury muscles into science funding
George Osborne, the chancellor, has announced the allocation of £21.5 million for projects to unlock practical applications for the “miracle material” graphene.