Terry Culhane, 1934-2015
A linguist who helped radically transform the BBC Russian-language courses has died
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Helping veterans explore a new avenue on Civvy Street
University of South Wales offers academic credit for skills and experience gained in the military
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Q&A with Rick Rylance
We talk to the AHRC chief executive as he prepares to move to the School of Advanced Study
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Minecraft: striking gold in the classroom?
University of Hull demonstrates pedagogical potential of world-building game
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The Man Who Closed the Asylums: Franco Basaglia and the Revolution in Mental Health Care, by John Foot
Helen Bynum welcomes a study of the psychiatrist who ended the jail-like seclusion of patients
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The Mythology of Work: How Capitalism Persists Despite Itself, by Peter Fleming
Kate Hardy pauses in her labours to reconsider our attitudes to the paid employment treadmill
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Xerxes: A Persian Life, by Richard Stoneman
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones appreciates a nuanced biography of a complex ruler whose achievements are often ignored
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How Propaganda Works, by Jason Stanley
Martin Cohen on how the failings of liberal democracies have affected every aspect of our lives
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Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web, by Joseph M. Reagle Jr
A study of the internet’s bullies and manipulators avoids the hard questions, says Tara Brabazon
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A New Gospel for Women: Katherine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian Feminism, by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Jane Shaw on the women’s rights activist who was inspired by the Bible
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The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-45, by Nicholas Stargardt
Robert Gellately on the effects of the second world war on the Nazi home front
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10 steps to PhD failure
Kevin Haggerty and Aaron Doyle offer tips on making postgraduate study even tougher (which students could also use to avoid pitfalls if they prefer)
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‘We’re worth more’: casual teaching staff fight back
Graduate teaching assistants are campaigning to improve temporary workers’ low pay and poor treatment. How is the battle going?
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What are you reading? – 27 August 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers