The Act of Killing: art, documentary or research with impact?
Joshua Oppenheimer’s film about the perpetrators of Indonesian genocide has impact in spades, says Sally Feldman
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What Maisie Knew, directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel
Rachel Bowlby on a modern retelling of Henry James’ tale of childhood curiosity and parental shortcomings
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Tim Forsyth, Paul Greatrix, Julian Preece, Sara Read and Sharon Wheeler...
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Learn to Write Badly: How to Succeed in the Social Sciences, by Michael Billig
Sandra Leaton Gray on a must-read for academics and their students
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Eating Anxiety: The Perils of Food Politics, by Chad Lavin
Erika Cudworth discusses neoliberalism’s ‘digestive turn’
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Crash and Beyond: Causes and Consequences of the Global Financial Crisis, by Andrew Farlow
Victoria Bateman on the parallels and differences between 1929 and 2008
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A Tale of Seven Elements, by Eric Scerri
The international hunt for chemistry’s ‘missing links’ makes for an engrossing tale, finds Alan Rocke
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Mothers in Academia, edited by Mari Castañeda and Kirsten Isgro
Female scholars talk candidly about their experiences of combining an academic career with child-rearing
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The world’s largest private education providers
The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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Learning to profit: the world’s largest private education providers
The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.It shows the world’s largest...
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Black studies centre aims to tackle academic whitewash
UEL body plans research into attainment and staffing gap
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No Joke: Making Jewish Humor, by Ruth R. Wisse
A Harvard scholar on what makes Jewish wisecracks distinctly Jewish
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A levels: remaking the grades
Will Michael Gove’s reform plans endanger the traditional values he seeks to promote? Jack Grove investigates
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Lack of guidance on foreign students’ use of proofreaders
Not all institutions have clear rules on international students employing translators and other help
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Getting it in the neck
Source: Alamy“You have to exploit your local assets.”That was how Nathan Prest, our Head of Student Recruitment, defended himself and his team from charges of “exploitation” after our university’s...