In Pursuit of the Good Life: Aspiration and Suicide in Globalizing South India, by Jocelyn Lim Chua
Caroline Osella on the causes behind the astonishingly high rate of suicide in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala
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Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up, by Mary Beard
Did you hear the one about the headless ostrich? Amy Richlin is amused by a study of early gags
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The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics, by Kenan Malik
Sophia Vasalou on a wide-ranging history of ethical ideas located in their historical background
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Global Health Law, by Lawrence O. Gostin
Juliet Sorensen is inspired by a call to action for lawyers and legal scholars to work towards the goal of health for all
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Time in Powers of Ten: Natural Phenomena and their Timescales, by Gerard ’t Hooft and Stefan Vandoren
Considering different timescales is a fun way to digest serious science, finds Graham Farmelo
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Sheffield’s lifelong learning under threat, say students
Mature students decry plans to cut Institute for Lifelong Learning courses and move some provision to faculties
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£9K fees: now it’s exceptional not to charge them
Willetts’ prediction that market forces would keep fees down have been proved false
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Union clash looms as employers’ pension plans revealed
Employers propose scrapping final salary scheme to cut USS deficit
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Government recognises growth is already in the university mission
Greg Clark’s portfolio will benefit institutions by recognising the vital role they play in local communities, Lord Heseltine argues
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Veto of student loan sale raises fears of unfunded expansion
BIS budget may have to bear extra burden, some worry
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Philanthropy must come without ideological strings
Some donors try to steer Israel studies to political ends, but gifts must fund impartial enquiry, says Charles Keidan
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The week in higher education - 24 July 2014
A senior Aids researcher killed aboard Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 has been praised for his “tireless efforts towards defeating the disease”, the Independent on Sunday reported on 19 July. Joep...
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Grant application success rates dip
Four research councils report lower success rates for curiosity-driven funding
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Seeing the big picture
David Roberts suggests that using full-slide images with minimal text can fully exploit students’ learning potential (“Target visualisation”, Opinion, 17 July). This is as big an error as the one...
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