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Bar-Ilan’s disturbing defence of one of its own
Why would a university stand by Mordechai Kedar after his abhorrent comments about rape as a terror deterrent? asks Neve Gordon
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Cardiff University unveils Collingwood Collection
Archive of Lake Distrtict dynasty also ‘invaluable’ for scholars studying John Ruskin and Arthur Ransome
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Wandering Greeks: The Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great, by Robert Garland
Barbara Graziosi ponders the different types who, over several centuries, criss-crossed the Mediterranean
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The Cultural Revolution at the Margins: Chinese Socialism in Crisis, by Yiching Wu
Jonathan Mirsky on how Mao unwittingly helped to stir up and then crushed a longing for democracy and equality among millions of young people
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Feminism, Gender and Universities: Politics, Passion and Pedagogies, by Miriam E. David
A study of pioneering women collates stories that might otherwise be lost, writes Ruth Woodfield
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Shakespeare’s Possible Worlds, by Simon Palfrey
Peter J. Smith is left bewildered by an ambitious attempt to identify the units that make up Shakespeare’s plays
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Class Warfare: Class, Race, and College Admissions in Top-Tier Secondary Schools, by Lois Weis, Kristin Cipollone and Heather Jenkins
Social dynamics that affect elite US students are indicative of a broader trend, finds Julie J. Park
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ߣߣÊÓƵ ‘caught out’ by cost of lifting student number cap
England urged to learn lessons from country’s experience of steep rise in undergraduates after relaxation of controls
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Oxford v-c Andrew Hamilton says sexism is ‘unconscious’ but real
V-c speaks on marketing research, ethics, gender bias at Universia International Presidents’ Meeting 2014 in Rio de Janeiro
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Graduate migration to cities displaces less well-educated
The urban dreams of those with degrees are driving up prices in US metropolitan hubs and driving out those with no tertiary education
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Scholars’ disbelief after Czech ministry axes project
Anger as funding for scientific researchers fails to materialise
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Wellcome and Jisc take 19th-century medical archives online
University libraries join project to extend UK Medical Heritage Library online resource
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The World Cup is not enough
Latin America’s giant wants to be a player in more than football, and universities worldwide are keen to help it achieve its goal
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European economists ‘swap sex for promotion’
Survey of 400 academics reveals almost all admit involvement in at least one unacceptable research practice