Alan Ryan - Humanities in dire straits? Tell me something I don’t know
A sense of impending doom is nothing new in the humanities, says Alan Ryan
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Letters
‘Enemy within’ returns Inglis’ unfriendly fireThank you, Fred Inglis, for jolting me out of my false consciousness (“Incinerated by the branding iron”, 18 July). We can all agree that university...
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Bringing up baby while climbing the career ladder
A powerful edited volume offers diverse testimonies of how female academics at different stages of their careers have juggled the demands of family and work. Matthew Reisz reports
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Student workloads compared and contrasted
ߣߣƵ analysis adds to fears about degree comparability
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Austerity threatens Spanish reforms
Can Spain keep reform of its stagnant university system on track in tough times, asks Jack Grove
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Spain grapples with reform of stagnant system
Can the government push through an overhaul of the sector in tough times?
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Only death could break this bond
The wife of a giant of science gave him valuable intellectual stimulus, Graham Farmelo discovers
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Why Europe Matters: The Case for the European Union, by John McCormick
Roger Morgan welcomes a book that tackles ignorance, dispels confusion and inspires appreciation about the EU
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Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis, by Nancy Fraser
Gwendolyn Beetham on a collection of essays that remind us that an alternative to global capitalism’s inequality is badly needed
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Fluid New York: Cosmopolitan Urbanism and the Green Imagination, by May Joseph
Laurence Coupe celebrates efforts to rethink urban spaces to give them an ecological dimension
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The Lost Art of Finding Our Way, by John Edward Huth
Robert J. Mayhew on how people need to recover their ability to find their way without using technology
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Liberty’s Dawn: A People’s History of the Industrial Revolution, by Emma Griffin
Pat Hudson on a treasure trove of accounts of working-class individuals enjoying new opportunities and choices amid change
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The Young Atatürk: From Ottoman Soldier to Statesman of Turkey, by George W. Gawrych
Erik Jan Zürcher salutes a study showing how the military shaped the founder of the Republic of Turkey
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Guiding light of human rights
An exercise in persuasion by an expert in corporate responsibility is a must-read for Aurora Voiculescu