News in brief - 12 December 2013
REF 2014‘Selective’ alarm fails to go offFears that universities would be more selective about who they submitted to the 2014 research excellence framework have proved unfounded. According to the...
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Odds and quads - 12 December 2013
The diagram showing the flow of blood in the forearm is taken from William Harvey’s De Motu Cordis (1628), a pioneering exposition of how blood circulates around the body
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Mandela’s death triggers memories of anti-apartheid struggle
How big a role did scholars play in abolition of heinous system?
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Watchdog backs THE’s demand for timely minutes from London Met
Institution’s 12-month embargo is probably ‘in breach’ of ICO guidelines. David Matthews reports
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Humanities must lead on European stage or risk being left behind
Oxford scholar says discipline can play vital role in meeting biggest challenges
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US court raises chances of jocks getting piece of action
Judgment is a key development in student athletes’ bid to claim a cut of billion-dollar college sports
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Eastern promise
I’m sitting in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (previously Saigon), a progressive and cosmopolitan metropolis that has an abundance of scooters and a vibrant cafe culture. With a distinctive Parisian feel...
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Croatia weighs a strategy for higher education reform
Following student protests, government mulls a sector report calling for change. Cyrille Cartier writes
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St Benet’s: fellowship of the ecumenical table
Matthew Reisz talks to the master of Oxford hall and ‘place of inter-religious encounter’
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Singapore Biennale 2013: a show that fizzes with ideas
Mutability and periphery come to the fore in an event focused on Southeast Asia’s artists, writes Peter Hill
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Behind the Academic Curtain: How to Find Success and Happiness with a PhD, by Frank F. Furstenberg
Tara Brabazon on postgraduate career guidance that applies to an elite world that is shrinking
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Traveling in Place: A History of Armchair Travel, by Bernd Stiegler
Robert Mayhew on the vision, dignity and achievement of two centuries of armchair travellers
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Ezra Pound’s Fascist Propaganda, 1935-45, by Matthew Feldman
Richard Bosworth on an exploration of Pound’s activism before and during the Second World War
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The End of Plagues: The Global Battle against Infectious Disease, by John Rhodes
Helen Bynum on the history of vaccination