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Birkbeck's Ian Conrich, the driving force behind New Zealand studies in the UK, fell in love with the country via its cinema.

A long-running funding row has led to an HEA budget review and reorganisation. John Gill reports

English institutions record second year of growth but Welsh take a hit. Rebecca Attwood reports

Susan Bassnett admires a playfully serious paean to the joys of not curling up with a good book.

Anthony Freeman on the histories, myths and exegesis that grew into Judaeo-Christian Scriptures.

As an honorary professor at Bangor, Philip Pullman is returning to the land of his childhood not so much to teach as to share, writes Tariq Tahir.

Forget the Kop and the Cavern Club: it's the campus that powers Liverpool. Harriet Swain examines the dynamic impact higher education can have on a city.

Roy Harris reflects on our attitude to an 'alien' language whose characteristics have so strongly influenced China's intellectual and pedagogic traditions.

The Technology Strategy Board has £1bn to invest in industry-focused R&D, writes Zoe Corbyn.

Philip Esler vows to set up a task force to make a solid 'empirical case' for the arts and humanities' substantial economic impact. Zoe Corbyn reports.

The only way to counter the AHRC's inanity is to be kind to your doctoral students, advises Simon Blackburn.

Bad Faith

What Makes Us Human?

The Whisperers

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