Terkel, Guthrie, Springsteen, Obama – and us
Set against an anthemic folk soundtrack full of optimism and passion, Tara Brabazon surveys a moment when change for the better in America finally seems possible This last fortnight has exposed an...
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Core papers on financial market fluctuations
Data provided by Thomson Reuters’ Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1998-30 June 2008
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A closed book to outsiders
Japan and South Korea want their universities to attract overseas academic talent, but doubts persist about their readiness for the global market. Michael Fitzpatrick reports
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No change in ranking for Poppleton
For three decades, Laurie Taylor's fictitious university and its characters have mocked the absurdities of campus life, writes Matthew Reisz
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You can lead cattle to water but you can't make them think
A lesson in animal behaviour helped Bob Blaisdell improve classroom comforts and student learning
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A closed book to outsiders
Japan and South Korea want their universities to attract overseas academic talent, but doubts persist about their readiness for the global market. Michael Fitzpatrick reports
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THE Leadership and Management Awards 2009
The UK's higher education institutions manage annual budgets worth billions of pounds and employ thousands of people. But the remarkable business and management skills of those running universities...
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Baying mobs and other inventions
A work exploding the myths surrounding so-called race riots wins David Gadd's enthusiastic approval
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What Happened at Vatican II
The Second Vatican Council was convened by Pope John XXIII and ended during the papacy of Paul VI. In four annual sessions between 1962 and 1965, it assembled some 2,200 Roman Catholic bishops from...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, London WC2
1. Gut Feelings: Short Cuts to Better Decision-Making by Gerd Gigerenzer, Allen Lane, £8.99. ISBN 97801410159102. Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice. Revised 2008 by the Department of Health,...
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Book of the week: Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective
An exploration of the model world impresses Steven French
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The week in books
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch professor of history and William Ziegler professor of business administration, Harvard University, senior...
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Published this week
ART AND DESIGN- Female Monasticism in Early Modern Europe: An Interdisciplinary ViewEdited by Cordula van Wyhe, lecturer in the history of art, University of York. Ashgate, £55.00. ISBN...
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From where I sit - Negative on affirmative action
Divisions over positive discrimination, which has long been a bone of contention in Indian higher education, were again highlighted by a recent petition that questioned the expulsion of 12 students...
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'We're not hiding anyone' - official
"We absolutely deny any suggestion of concealment." That was the bold assertion by Brian Bryan, our Deputy Head of RAE Strategy, when confronted last week with the news that 74 academic staff had...