Students poleaxed on a night of drama
Higher education figures survey uncertain landscape as young voters cry foul. Hannah Fearn reports
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Tara Brabazon: Going Gaga
Popular culture is dismissed as trash by some academics, but as Lady Gaga – ‘Baudrillard in a bra’ – shows, there’s plenty of intellectual value in the dustbin. Tara Brabazon digs in
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Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from Plato to the Present
Election results more accurately reflect choice of voting rule than voters' wishes, says Donald Saari
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The Astronaut's Cookbook: Tales, Recipes and More
"We want you to review something for us," says the email from the books editor. "It's called The Astronaut's Cookbook." At this point I know precisely nothing about this text but already I'm...
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The Canon: The Crisis of Public Communication
By Jay Blumler and Michael Gurevitch
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THE Book of the Week: Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics
Proofs of their genius: Tony Mann on the enduring notion of young rebels rewarded only by posterity
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Florence Nightingale at First Hand: Vision, Power, Legacy
Judith Schneid Lewis explores the enlightened social policy ideas of a thoroughly modern heroine
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Children and Adolescents in Trauma: Creative Therapeutic Approaches
The foreword to this book cuts right to the heart of the matter: that children who have awful experiences at the hands of adults may be impelled to adapt to their situation by acting in mindless or...
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Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives
Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz Fernandez believe that a tipping point has been reached. While querying voices "are usually lost as history is written by the winners within the car system", the sheer...
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Taming the River: Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities
Roger Brown hails an insightful study of scholastic performance and ethnicity on US campuses
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(J) = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- Rethinking the Meaning of Place: Conceiving Place in Architecture-UrbanismBy Lineu Castello, invited professor at PROPAR: Research and Postgraduate Programme...
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University of Gloucestershire - Capital campus sold
A university has sold its London campus for £9.7 million. The University of Gloucestershire handed ownership of the site to LHA London Limited last week, although university activities will continue...
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University of Reading - Big vision for small molecules
A £4.5 million centre for chemical analysis has been opened. The centre, based in the School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy at the University of Reading, will focus on small molecule research. David...
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Bath Spa University - Drama on the dance floor
A former nightclub has been taken over by a university, which plans to transform it into a city centre base for music and the performing arts. The site is to be used by Bath Spa University for a new...
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University of Hertfordshire - Can't rely on cut of the cloth
Politicians may have donned red, blue and yellow ties to denote their party affiliations during the election campaign but, according to an academic, political colours no longer hold the sway they...