Letters 鈥 15 November 2018
Work with any party involves a judgement call The article 鈥淪cientists urged to聽rethink China links鈥 (News, 8 November) states that those who work with military scientists in China, in effect, support...
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Appointments 鈥 15 November 2018
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Less than half of public 鈥榩ositive鈥 about UK universities
Survey respondents question value of degree-level education, but most would encourage their children to enrol
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The British public supports universities 鈥 it鈥檚 time government gets on board
If not, the country鈥檚 single biggest success story could be at聽risk, says Janet Beer
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Academics and the fundamentals of caring
It鈥檚 easy to say academics should be kinder and more giving to students, but they already face myriad other demands and must mind professional boundaries
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Veteran Poetics: British Literature in the Age of Mass Warfare, 1790-2015, by Kate McLoughlin
Victims, heroes, delinquents: those returning from conflict unsettle society, writes Helena Goodwyn
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Stories of Solidarity, by Hywel Francis
Robert Gildea on a history of the South Wales mining community that is full of nostalgia but also looks to the future
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What are you reading? 鈥 15 November 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Universities in developing nations still need support from the Western academy
Despite his stressful sudden exit from Papua New Guinea, John Warren insists that Western universities must continue to send staff to institutions in the developing world
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Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition, by Francis Fukuyama
A thinker revisits democracy鈥檚 power to unite in light of populism鈥檚 rise, writes Martin Cohen
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Linguistic Disobedience: Restoring Power to Civic Language, by Yuliya Komska, Michelle Moyd and David Gramling
When authoritarian populists employ the speech forms once deployed to counter totalitarians, how are we to critique what we consider abuses? wonders Deborah Cameron
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Books editor鈥檚 blog: it鈥檚 a world of numbers 鈥 prime yourself
People face a daily blizzard of statistics and figures. With his book Millions, Billions, Zillions, Brian Kernighan tries to help them through the storm. Matthew Reisz writes
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On call: how much support should academics give students?
Round-the-clock demands from students can take a toll on lecturers. With a THE survey highlighting rising expectations, Anna McKie asks where the line should be drawn between professional and private...
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Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age, by Donna Zuckerberg
Book of the week: Rachel O鈥橬eill on a study of how the manosphere cloaks anti-female rhetoric in ancient borrowings
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Australian government 鈥榳aging war鈥 on universities, says opposition
Government claims universities are neglecting the regions, as relations continue to fracture