An appeal to protect every citizen’s right to philosophy
The future of the Collège International de Philosophie, a legacy of Jacques Derrida, is at risk, warns Martin McQuillan
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Privately educated gain £1,500 salary premium
Schooldays have an influence on graduate pay, according to report from Institute for Fiscal Studies
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The rise of non-elite journals
The proportion of top research papers published in elite journals has fallen over the past 18 years, according to research from Google
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Minister accused of complacency over fall in Indian enrolments
James Brokenshire labelled ‘silly’ as he defends immigration policy despite traffic from the subcontinent dropping by half
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Campus close-up: Imperial College London
£20.1 million donation creates Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis to answer big questions about the financial crisis
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Student book-collecting prizes celebrate creative classification
Anthony Davis, the sponsor of prizes at Oxford and the University of London, explains why this form of bibliophilia must be encouraged
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How to stand out from the flock on Twitter
Engaging with others can help you through a PhD and into a job, says Eva Amsen, outreach director for F1000 Research
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Perfectly imperfect: university interviews
Shahidha Bari on the flawed, yet fascinating, admissions process
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Mr. Turner, directed by Mike Leigh
Philip Kemp on a cinematic portrait of an artist that does justice to the man and his work
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Peter Paul Catterall, Laurence Coupe, Timothy Darvill, Paul Greatrix and Nigel Rodenhurst...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap, by Carrie James
Tara Brabazon on a short but valuable study confronting digital dilemmas
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Earth’s Deep History: How It Was Discovered and Why It Matters, by Martin J. S. Rudwick
Alison Stokes on a compelling exploration of our understanding of the planet’s past
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The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty, by Robert P. Crease and Alfred Scharff Goldhaber
A mashup of physics and culture illuminates the science of the very small, says Robert Lambourne
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Straights: Heterosexuality in Post-Closeted Culture, by James Joseph Dean
Emma Rees on a survey of present-day attitudes to homosexuality which gauges current levels of homophobia
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Populism and Crisis Politics in Greece, by Takis S. Pappas
Spyros Sofos on a detailed examination of Greece’s political and economic crisis