In defence of writing book reviews
Reviewing allows us to put collective knowledge ahead of individualised contributions, says David Beer
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THE podcast: 7-13 April 2016 issue review
The latest edition of ÌÇÐÄVlog discussed by our editorial team
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Interview with Tanya Krzywinska
We talk to the digital games professor about the perception of games in the academy
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Royal College of Art boosted by £54m public funding for new campus
Battersea campus will tackle global challenges via linkage of science, technology, design and creative arts
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Chris McGuigan, 1958-2016
A skilful and charismatic ‘drug hunter’ has died
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PhDs: ‘toxic’ supervisors and ‘students from hell’
How should universities handle breakdowns in PhD student-supervisor relationships?
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Knowledge transfer: is this ‘third mission’ a mission impossible?
Academic casts doubt on universities’ spin-off success and impact on SMEs
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Children of single parents ‘marginalised’ in higher education
Offspring of lone parents are an overlooked group in widening participation, study suggests
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Obsolescence: An Architectural History, by Daniel M. Abramson
Before our obsession with sustainability, we liked our buildings disposable, says Annmarie Adams
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The ‘Russian’ Civil Wars, 1916-1926: Ten Years that Shook the World, by Jonathan D. Smele
Lara Douds-Cook welcomes a colourful compendium of overlapping conflicts in a disintegrating and reconfiguring empire
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Universities clash over future of REF
Russell Group and University Alliance at loggerheads over whether next research excellence framework should assess more at university level
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New and noteworthy – 7 April 2016
Dutch goddesses, the tragedy of the commons, Justin Trudeau’s dad and putting what’s left of the UK’s family silver to good use: must-read academic titles
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What are you reading? – 7 April 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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History’s People: Personalities and the Past, by Margaret MacMillan
A. W. Purdue on a perceptive look at those who shaped, and were shaped by, their times