Contact assessment
For two reasons, John Linfoot’s letter on “costing” student contact time made me smile (“Contact lenses”, Letters, 4 July). On the one hand, his figures are awry: the figure of 300 notional “contact...
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Applied mythology
Even as a mere master’s student at St Anne’s College, Oxford, I was astounded by the antiquated and conflicting claims made by Anthony Rodriguez (Letters, June).First he refers to the “bizarre ordeal...
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Pride and past prejudice
Wes Streeting is right that our universities must be places of empowerment and support for all students (“Leaders show how to build gay-friendly campus”, News, June). An interesting area is how they...
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Liz Gloyn, Avril Goodwin, R.C. Richardson, Rob Spence and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Christians, Muslims, and Jesus by Mona Siddiqui
Ursula King hails a committed effort to advance interfaith relations
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Paralysed with Fear: The Story of Polio by Gareth Williams
A rogue’s gallery stopped the ‘crippler’, but for how long? asks Helen Bynum
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Arts of the Political: New Openings for the Left by Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift
Fred Inglis welcomes fresh currents of political resistance
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The Serpent’s Promise: The Bible Retold as Science by Steve Jones
Alec Ryrie on an intriguing book that doesn’t do what it says on the tin
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Impossible Citizens: Dubai’s Indian Diaspora by Neha Vora
Caroline Osella considers a slice of the subcontinent at the heart of the Gulf
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Memorylands: Heritage and Identity in Europe Today by Sharon Macdonald
Ulrike Zitzlsperger on the changing nature of heritage and the consequent effects on national identities in European nations
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Sacred Concrete: The Churches of Le Corbusier by Flora Samuel and Inge Linder-Gaillard
Benson P. H. Lau on a study of Modern architect Le Corbusier’s religious thinking and architecture
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Postgraduate premium exhausted outside teaching and doctorates
Higher degree holders may face as much of a struggle to find jobs as those with first degrees, Higher Education Statistics Agency data indicate
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Decision imminent on BPP university title
Hefce refuses to comment on US parent’s struggles
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Oxford survey finds humanities degrees pay
Long-term study of alumni careers questions coalition’s STEM emphasis
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Open-access platform Libre launched
Academics invited to publish papers, solicit reviews on new scholarly site