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July 1914: Countdown to War, by Sean McMeekin
A startling exercise in revisionism leads A. W. Purdue to ponder which nation was responsible for launching the great conflict
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Resistance: Jews and Christians Who Defied the Nazi Terror, by Nechama Tec
Rachel L. Einwohner on those who stood against the Holocaust
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Enforcing Order: An Ethnography of Urban Policing, by Didier Fassin
Vicky Conway on the corrosive effect of unchecked power
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Christianity and the University Experience: Understanding Student Faith, by Mathew Guest, Kristin Aune, Sonya Sharma and Rob Warner
Religious belief is alive and well on campus, observes Gerald Pillay
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Spanish Golden Age Theatre Season, Theatre Royal, Bath
Jonathan Thacker hopes that three comedia nueva plays - combining comedy and tragedy - will herald a revival of a lesser-known art form
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Fees fault line may reopen at Lib Dem conference
Opposition grows over motion to 鈥榬etain current system of finance鈥
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MPs question RCUK鈥檚 gold standard
Committee points to 鈥榞aps in qualitative and quantitative evidence鈥 for Finch report recommendations
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Obama鈥檚 rankings won鈥檛 solve crisis in US academy
More government cash is the only way to cut student costs, argue Rudy Fichtenbaum and Hank Reichman
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Indian students may be priced out of UK by falling rupee
Sterling鈥檚 strength may mean weak recruitment, higher education sector warns
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Only the lonely
鈥淚n my opinion, both universities are聽far too mealy-mouthed about the聽whole business.鈥漈his was the typically frank response of Jamie Targett, our Director of Corporate Affairs, to the news that...
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Failed partnership costs London Met 拢2m
Minutes reveal huge write-off and continuing dispute with LSBF
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Better Humans? Understanding the Enhancement Project, by Michael Hauskeller
Andy Miah on the pros and cons of humanity 2.0
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The problems facing university boards
Freedom of demand but not supply, bureaucracy and Stalinist pay deals make progress almost impossible, says Sir Stuart Etherington
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Privy Council warns BIS not to alter 鈥榮ensitive鈥 word list
Response to consultation says change to company name restrictions could aid bogus institutions