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Entrepreneurialism in Universities and the Knowledge Economy
An analysis of how higher education is responding to current challenges impresses Huw Morris
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Political Tourism and Its Texts: Cultural Spaces
The most conspicuous feature of Maureen Moynagh's book on political tourism is its style; conspicuous because she confesses it early, insistently. Page one, paragraph two: "This study speaks to the...
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The Flyer: British Culture and the Royal Air Force 1939-1945
When I first picked up Martin Francis' The Flyer, with its cover portrait of a handsome young airman by Eric Henri Kennington, I expected yet another collection of tales of derring-do by British...
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Darwin's Luck: Chance and Fortune in the Life and Work of Charles Darwin
Stephen Halliday enjoys an unusual book about Darwin, but wonders at its focus on his fortunes
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Exploring Professionalism
As this review is for ߣߣÊÓƵ, I will confine myself to the question "Are academics professional?"That wisest of all vice-chancellors, Eric Ashby, touched twice in his life on this...
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Zapatismo Beyond Borders: New Imaginations of Political Possibility
Alex Khasnabish's Zapatismo Beyond Borders: New Imaginations of Political Possibility is an ambitious and timely book that examines the resonance of the revolutionary movement Zapatismo, and its...
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Book of the week: Einstein's Telescope
Simon Mitton looks at the cosmos through a lens made of space-time
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The week in books
Getting Off Track: How Government Actions and Interventions Caused, Prolonged, and Worsened the Financial Crisis by John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond professor of economics, Stanford University...
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Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West
The small support networks and micro-publics that help scholarship flourish intrigue Andreas Hess
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Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen
I sometimes think that if it were not for her coins, Queen Zenobia would be taken as a legendary figure, at least as fanciful as Semiramis of Babylon, or Shirin, the Armenian princess who became the...
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, Southampton
1. Carriage of Goods by Sea, Sixth Edition by John F. Wilson Pearson Education, £46.99 ISBN 97814058466912. Research Methods in Lifespan Development by Gary Creasey Pearson Education, £34.99 ISBN...
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Published this week
ART AND DESIGN- Symbolist Art in ContextBy Michelle Facos, associate professor in the history of art, Indiana University. University of California Press, £38.95 and £17.95. ISBN 9780520254992 and...
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Born leaders
Innate behaviour that dictates our leadership style is determined partly by our genes, according to a study by an international research team based at Aston University. More than 100 students...
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The Robert Gordon University - It's a kind of workshop
Magicians now feature as part of the curriculum at The Robert Gordon University, after the institution invited communications agency Fifth Dimension on campus to demonstrate its innovative learning...