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Leader: The value of past masters
Historians separate fact from fiction, keeping politicians honest and clearing the way for better thinking
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From where I sit: An exercise in mass courtship
When you're engaged in teaching classes or immersed in research, you tend to forget that higher education is big business. That attitude is much harder to sustain when you are standing on the floor...
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Dennis Marsden, 1933-2009
A leading sociologist - who analysed everything from class mobility in education to intimacy and infidelity - has died.Dennis Marsden was born in Huddersfield on 25 June 1933, the son of a Methodist...
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Oxford Brookes University - Skills for work
An apprenticeship scheme has been set up by Oxford Brookes University that will give six young people experience in horticulture, catering, decorating and administration. The apprentices will also...
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The European Union and World Politics: Consensus and Division
Nearly 40 years ago, Ralf Dahrendorf, who was then the European Commissioner for external relations, commented on a current round of negotiations with a developing country: "We're talking about...
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Crime and Muslim Britain: Culture and the Politics of Criminology among British Pakistanis
A fresh approach to a 'taboo' subject raises more questions than answers, says David Gadd
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingEDUCATION- Higher Education in Asia/Pacific: Quality and the Public GoodEdited by Terance W. Bigalke, director of education, East-West Centre in Honolulu, and Deane E. Neubauer...
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Behind the Scenes at Boston Ballet
Text and images capture a company facing a hostile environment, writes Anne Hogan
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Globalization and Football
Richard Giulianotti, arguably the most prolific academic writer on football over the past 15 years, and Roland Robertson, one of the most prominent figures in the scientific analysis of globalisation...
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Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond
Christopher Davidson's new book on Abu Dhabi is certainly not one to be placed in the category of "do we really need another one of these"? It is a timely and thoughtful contribution to the thus-far...
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The Earwig's Tail: A Modern Bestiary of Multi-Legged Legends
Michelle Harvey gets to the bottom of some of the most popular tales of horror surrounding insects
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Teaching for Understanding at University: Deep Approaches and Distinctive Ways of Thinking
I really liked this book. Viewed from the perspective of a lecturer looking to use it for reference when embarking on another academic year with a full teaching timetable, it is extremely well laid...
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Flawed Hefce report skirts some key issues
An open letter to Colin Riordan, vice-chancellor of the University of Essex, regarding his report to the Higher Education Funding Council for England's sub-committee for Teaching, Quality and the...
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Misplaced puritanism 1
Claire Fox appears to suggest that the pursuit of relevance in terms of social and economic issues leads inevitably to the "dumbing down" of higher education ("Academy strikes back: the fight for '...