The Dialogues: Conversations about the Nature of the Universe, by Clifford Johnson
Marcus Chown is won over by a graphic novel that allows readers to eavesdrop as experts discuss the big questions in science with laypeople
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Living with Robots, by Paul Dumouchel and Luisa Damiano
John Gilbey on a welcome guide to the thorny legal and ethical issues of a new technological eraÂ
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Most privileged outnumber least advantaged 2:1 at most UK HEIs
But latest Ucas data show that institutions with the worst records in the past have seen an improvement
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Special pleading is bad for science
Canadian scientists’ impressive campaign for increased basic science funding risks splintering as victory looms, says Jim Woodgett
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No platforming needs no reforming
Barring controversial speakers has a long heritage and the Office for Students should be very wary of cracking down on it, argues Evan Smith
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Universities’ targets for research time are way off the mark
A year-long experiment convinced Michael Marinetto that carving out research time is a fun but unwinnable gameÂ
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The blockade of Qatar will damage science across the region
Collaboration within the Gulf region was rare but now the few oases in the desert risk running dry, says Hilal LashuelÂ
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Books editor’s blog: David Lodge’s double life
Writer’s Luck: A Memoir: 1976-1991, from the author of celebrated comic campus novels and former professor of English literature, offers a vivid picture of a lost worldÂ
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The week in higher education – 25 January 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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What are you reading? – 25 January 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Hamlet and the Vision of Darkness, by Rhodri Lewis
Book of the week: Will we swallow a radical take on a Shakespearean tragedy served with edibles? asks Peter J. Smith
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Research that pays: knowledge transfer at the world’s top universities
Simon Baker discovers what the World Economic Forum’s ‘community’ of universities – the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) – can teach us about industry-academia collaboration and innovation with...
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Prizes for enterprise: the shape of KEF to come
Introduced to help boost technology transfer amid renewed political focus on ‘industrial strategy’, the KEF aims to complement the REF and TEF. But how will it work? Is it even necessary? And is the...
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Laurie Taylor – 25 January 2018
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