Obfuscation: A User鈥檚 Guide for Privacy and Protest, by Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum
Marianne Franklin on a guide to help people escape the attentions of public and private bodies capturing and capitalising on our online actions
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Books interview: Louise O. Fresco
Wageningen University president and author of Hamburgers in Paradise: The Stories Behind the Food We Eat on her appetite for good books, from Primo Levi to Claudia Roden.
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Scientists 鈥榣ess engaged with public than arts and humanities academics鈥
Survey also finds that women do more work with the general public than male researchers
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British School of Osteopathy wins access to public research and teaching funding
Clinical evidence on osteopathy 鈥榝ails to show convincingly鈥 it works, claims critic after private BSO wins Hefce designation
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Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for聽Solutions to the Climate Crisis, by Tim Flannery
Steven Yearley finds merit but not proven mileage in putting CO2 on ice to arrest global warming
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The Profligate Son Or, a聽True Story of Family Conflict, Fashionable Vice, and Financial Ruin in Regency England, by Nicola Phillips
How does a dandy pay for his lifestyle? Clare Brant follows a rake鈥檚 descent into crime, dissolution and disrepute
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What are you reading? 鈥 3 December 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education 鈥 3 December 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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The Other Paris: An Illustrated Journey through a City鈥檚 Poor and Bohemian Past, by Luc Sante
Book of the week: Beneath a bourgeois veneer is a secret history of defunct jobs and fascinating lives, says Paul White
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Today鈥檚 students are anything but coddled
The furore about trigger warnings and no-platform campaigns reveals not a timid generation but rather one unafraid to tackle reality head-on, argues Tom聽Cutterham
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Public engagement: go forth and mingle
Three scholars share the pleasures and perils of sticking your head above the parapet
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Grant winners 鈥 3 December 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 3 December 2015
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