How universities played their part in revolutions
A conference will explore the role of “Universities in Revolution and State Formation” all the way from 19th-century Sicily to the Arab Spring.
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Offa launches review of bursary impact
The Office for Fair Access is to review how much poorer students benefit from financial support while at university.
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Universities in firing line as BIS faces almost half a billion in new cuts
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced the government department covering higher education will have its budget for this year cut by a further £450 million.
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University of Reading announces restructure for systems engineering
Institution may close one of its engineering schools after a 'disappointing result' in the research excellence framework
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Defer to whose expertise?
Perhaps Michael Heaney should test his claims by becoming a daily reader in the University of Oxford’s libraries himself, although he does confirm that the priority for that physical book collection...
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THE podcast: 4-10 June 2015 issue review
This week's issue discussed by the ߣߣƵ team
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The criminal neglect of detective fiction
Why does the academy treat the genre so disrespectfully? Richard Bradford investigates
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Cakes, Custard and Category Theory: Easy Recipes for Understanding Complex Maths, by Eugenia Cheng
Noel-Ann Bradshaw is inspired by a book with all the right ingredients for explaining a tricky subject
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What are you reading? – 4 June 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved, by Marcia Bartusiak
The science of gravitational singularities is a head-spinning work in progress, says Tara Shears
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A Less Green and Pleasant Land: Our Threatened Wildlife, by Norman Maclean
Jules Pretty laments the sad decline and impoverishment of the UK’s natural diversity
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A day in the life of a temporary lecturer
Poor materials, disengaged students and little time or incentive to prepare dishearten one casualised academic
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On Romantic Love: Simple Truths about a Complex Emotion, by Berit Brogaard
A philosophical investigation of romance leaves Jane O’Grady feeling frustrated and unsatisfied
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Chopsticks: A Cultural and Culinary History, by Q. Edward Wang
Jonathan Mirsky enjoys a bowlful of insights into the origins and uses of the utensil that Asia made its own
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Death in the Shape of a Young Girl: Women’s Political Violence in the Red Army Faction, by Patricia Melzer
Female terrorism preoccupies us, and this timely exploration provides stimulating insights, Ulrike Zitzlsperger discovers