Event celebrates universities鈥 golden efforts
Universities鈥 contributions to the London 2012 Olympic Games this summer are in the spotlight as part of the third annual Universities鈥 Week.The event, organised by Universities UK and British...
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Imperial creates two new leadership roles in drive for external funds
Imperial College London on 30 April announced that is to create two leadership roles of 鈥減resident and rector鈥 and 鈥減rovost鈥 in a shift to a US-style senior structure.
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Inside Higher Ed: Doctrinal matters reignite tensions on Catholic campuses
By Libby A. Nelson for Inside Higher Ed
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Universities are central to economy, but cannot stand still, Blair says
Former prime minister Tony Blair has called for UK higher education to be seen as 鈥渁 major export鈥 鈥 but warned that universities risk being 鈥渓eft behind鈥 if they do not adjust to change, including...
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Harvard backs open access in face of 鈥榩rohibitive鈥 journal costs
A committee of senior Harvard academics has urged the university鈥檚 staff to publish in open access journals amid concern that the cost of journal subscriptions is becoming 鈥渦ntenable鈥.
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Ministers unveil plan to step up market for places
The government has announced that uncapped recruitment of the highest-achieving students at A-level will be extended to the ABB threshold in 2013-14, while a further 5,000 places will be allocated to...
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UEL v-c to lead Million+
The Million+ group of post-1992 universities has appointed Patrick McGhee, the vice-chancellor of the University of East London, as its new chair.
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The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an Anxious Age
Maleiha Malik applauds a road map that seeks to lead the West away from intolerance of Muslims
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The Unrepentant Renaissance: From Petrarch to Shakespeare to Milton
Willy Maley is tickled by an unexpected, less puritanical reading of post-Reformation culture
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Love Online
Love Online, first published in French as Sex @mour, seeks to document people's experiences, post-millennium, with respect to the rise of internet-mediated dating. Sociologist Jean-Claude Kaufmann...
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The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre
Next year will mark the 30th anniversary of the publication of Jack Zipes' Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion, a milestone in fairy tale studies that challenged a century of scholarship on the...
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Why Lyrics Last: Evolution, Cognition, and Shakespeare's Sonnets
David Gewanter applauds a literary - and scientific - exploration of the Bard's poetic longevity
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Simulating War: Studying Conflict Through Simulation Games
Computers have not eclipsed manual board war gaming. This is the strong message delivered in Philip Sabin's Simulating War. This book is about war gaming, and if you are expecting a traditional...
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Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary's Life
Leon Trotsky remains a compelling and controversial figure for historians, with two major biographies since 2009. Bertrand Patenaude's Stalin's Nemesis: The Exile and Murder of Leon Trotsky is a...
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The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines
Jon Turney on one scientist's successful efforts to resist the relentless assaults of the denialists