The Origins of Cool in Postwar America, by Joel Dinerstein
Bogie, Billie and Brando had it, but ‘it’ is a quality in constant flux, says Robert Eaglestone
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Sold People: Traffickers and Family Life in North China, by Johanna S. Ransmeier
A brilliant study examines the wide variety of markets for trafficked human beings, writes Jonathan Mirsky
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The Essential Paradise Lost, by John Carey
Willy Maley revisits Milton’s epic poem with a brilliant study that fully engages the senses
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The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty, by Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider
Lisa Mckenzie heaps praise on a study that records the emotional costs of complicated household budgets
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Laurie Taylor – 4 May 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice! Â
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Grant winners – 4 May 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Trump is not US universities’ biggest threat
Conservative politicians emboldened by the president’s election could exact the heaviest toll on higher education, says Matthew Hartley
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There is no liberal right to sex with students
While not all student-supervisor relationships end in disaster, permitting them infringes women’s right to education, participation and a safe work environment, say five female academicsÂ
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The UK’s industrial strategy can manufacture a new breed of Victorians
By focusing on collaboration as much as funding levels, technological progress can spearhead national prosperity and self-confidence, says Angus Horner
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We must show students how voting can make a difference
Universities must not be complacent about freedom of speech, and need to ensure students use it to drive change, says Bill RammellÂ
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ߣߣÊÓƵ Pay Survey 2017
Our annual analysis shows that academic pay is still falling in real terms and that equality is still an issue with regard to gender and ethnicity
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On gender pay bias, let’s be straight
Women’s pay still lags behind men’s, and a lack of transparency around salaries makes it all the harder to address