Western ߣߣÊÓƵn university press slated for closure
Outrage over move to replace in-house publishing with ‘open and digitised access to information’
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Hong Kong student’s death first to be linked to police protest actions
HKUST is in mourning after the death was announced at a graduation ceremony Â
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To advance AI, move slowly and fix things
The contemplative and risk-averse nature of academia contrasts with the fast-moving strategies of Silicon Valley, but that is our greatest strength, says Kate DevlinÂ
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Tory manifesto could freeze English fees and target ‘low value HE’
Restrictions on loan access for university courses with low graduate earnings under consideration for Tory manifesto, though Augar-inspired cuts not ruled out
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World Peace (And How We Can Achieve It), by Alex J. Bellamy
Hugh Miall praises a bold new programme for putting an end to war
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The Vietnam War on Film, by David Luhrssen
Nathan Abrams would have liked a wider range of examples in this study of how America’s most traumatic war was represented in the cinema
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Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events, by Robert J. Shiller
Book of the week: Mihir Desai wonders whether a wide-ranging account of the stories economists tell risks throwing out the baby with the bathwater
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Are universities having an identity crisis?
Political purity is a badge of honour in the hashtag age. But the real world is nuanced and messy, as universities should know better than most
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Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, by Ruha Benjamin
Kalwant Bhopal finds that the brave progressive new world technology enthusiasts have promised us is just as tainted by racism as the familiar analogue world
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Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America, by Matthew Fox-Amato
Ellen T. Armour applauds a powerful account of the role photography played in the struggles over slavery
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Why universities need to embrace their wild side
Lincoln Allison makes the case for the revival of the old-style academic eccentric
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The week in higher education – 7 November 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Are legal concerns stifling scientific debate?
The apparent proliferation of libel challenges by scientists accused of research misconduct have led to fears that journals and others will be dissuaded from calling out wrongdoers. But is the...
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Norman Schofield, 1944-2019
Tributes paid to an expert on the theory and practice of democratic politics whose ‘intellectual brilliance’ was matched by a strong ‘sense of scholarly camaraderie’