Knighthoods go to Bristol and UCL V-cs
The Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours List includes a knighthood for Eric Thomas, the University of Bristol vice-chancellor and Universities UK president
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Student loan proposals 鈥榦utrageous鈥, says Labour
The government should urgently clarify its plans for the sale of the student loan book and reassure existing graduates that their repayments will not be raised, according to Labour鈥檚 shadow higher...
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G8 science ministers endorse open access
Science ministers from the G8 group of the world鈥檚 richest countries have jointly endorsed the need to increase access to publicly-funded research.
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Graduate job search 'starting earlier than ever鈥
Students are starting their search for a graduate job earlier than ever, a new survey has revealed.
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THE podcast: 13 June 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThis week鈥檚 issue review looks at the number of women professors in UK universities, our ever-popular Books section, and the growing number of student complaints against higher...
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The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South by Vijay Prashad
By whom, and for what reasons, has development throughout the 鈥減oorer nations鈥 of the global South been thwarted in the post-colonial era? Vijay Prashad鈥檚 book offers an unambiguous answer to this...
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Roman Palmyra: Identity, Community, and State Formation by Andrew M. Smith II
When, before AD77, Pliny the Elder remarked that Palmyra 鈥渉ad its own fate鈥 between the Roman and Parthian empires, what had been a remote oasis in the Syrian desert a century earlier was becoming a...
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Soaring dragon leaves neoliberals at a loss
Yongjin Zhang considers a meticulous effort to unwrap the riddle inside an Eastern enigma
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Liberty and Security by Conor Gearty
The argument that the 鈥淲ar on Terror鈥 and counter-terrorist measures are a threat to civil liberties is not a new one. In the current climate of austerity, it is not surprising that the enjoyment of...
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The Invention of Craft by Glenn Adamson
Craft, in Glenn Adamson鈥檚 view, has continuously referred to a process or an activity rather than a discipline on its own. Adamson, head of research at the Victoria and Albert Museum, has written...
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We have lift-off
It鈥檚 not just hot air: balloons allow our historical imaginations to soar, Robert J. Mayhew discovers
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Abstract accuracy
Alex Danchev applauds a study of one of the 20th century鈥檚 greatest thinker-painters
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Obituary - Nabil Gindy
An expert in manufacturing technologies who went on to spearhead the research programme at the University of Nottingham鈥檚 Chinese campus has died.Nabil Gindy was born in Cairo, Egypt on 3 November...
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Awards and promotions
Queen鈥檚 University, CanadaSusan MummThe new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen鈥檚 University in Kingston, Ontario said she was 鈥渆xcited by the prospect of working at one of Canada鈥檚...