Informed investment
“Graduate earnings by institution? Let’s break it down for you” (News, 6 June) shines much-needed light on the student fee and value debate. In 2012, the UK government estimated that the total...
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Holistic education
Should “study skills” be taught? Graham Gibbs has his reservations, arguing that the best way to “improve” students is to do so through a better understanding of the nature of knowledge within...
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Points: wrong direction
A friend’s daughter, who graduated with a first and is clearly a high-flyer, was recently rejected by a blue-chip company after passing all six stages of its taxing graduate-recruitment process. An...
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AHRC chief: don’t drive creatives to despair
Rick Rylance offers academy guidance for business collaborations
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Memory Palace: the forgotten future
A new exhibition at the V&A fuses words and art in an unforgettable dystopian vision, says Aaron Rosen
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Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Stephen Halliday, Nigel Rodenhurst, Bruce Scharlau and Sharon Wheeler...
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Happy Money: The New Science of Smarter Spending by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton
Steven Schwartz considers some sound investment decisions
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Byron’s War: Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution by Roderick Beaton
Jane Stabler on how the great poet proved to be a great administrator
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The Global Pigeon by Colin Jerolmack
Tim Birkhead on bird fanciers’ engagement with nature
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The Dinner Party: Judy Chicago and the Power of Popular Feminism, 1970-2007 by Jane F. Gerhard
Mary Evans relishes this re-evaluation of an installation artwork that depicts a collection of famous women
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Celebrity Politics by Mark Wheeler
Judith Bara on the politicisation of celebrities and the celebritisation of politicians
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Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present by Brendan Simms
Roger Morgan on the interwoven histories of European nations over six centuries
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Will he stay or will he go?
On his way out?Concern is being expressed about the future of Martin Hall, the vice-chancellor of the University of Salford, after renewed controversy over the closing of language courses and another...
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Picture emerges over ‘gold’ open-access allocations
Universities deciding mechanisms to apportion RCUK cash