What are you reading? 鈥 30 May 2019
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Break All the Borders, by Ariel Ahram
David Newman is unconvinced by claims that the Middle East is being reconfigured
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States of Terror: History, Theory, Literature, by David Simpson
Joanna Bourke has reservations about an attempt to track the changing meanings of terror
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature鈥檚 Deepest Secrets, by Graham Farmelo
Tony Mann assesses an argument about the role of mathematical beauty as a key to understanding how the universe works
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The Romantic Tavern: Literature and Conviviality in the Age of Revolution, by Ian Newman
Peter J. Smith raises a glass to 鈥榗onviviality鈥櫬爄n life and literature
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This is Shakespeare, by Emma Smith
Lisa Hopkins applauds a 鈥榳oke鈥 look at the gaps in Shakespeare鈥檚 plays
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Augar review: reversing Cameron, Osborne and Browne鈥檚 鈥榩ast errors鈥
Post-18 review highlights the chaotic nature of Westminster policymaking, writes John Morgan
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A change may do you good
A different environment can do wonders for a person; might universities feel a similar refreshment when the UK鈥檚 political landscape settles down again?
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Letters 鈥 30 May 2019
Assessing the future of assessment The feature 鈥淭ime to get real鈥 asks if university assessment still passes muster and properly reflects real-world tasks (23 May). Many of us have been listening to...
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Europe Student Success Forum to take place in Madrid
Event will include launch of 色盒直播 Europe Teaching Rankings 2019
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New Zealand funding boost 鈥榓 step in the right direction鈥
Cost growth still set to outstrip funding, as 鈥榝ees free鈥 absorbs the fat
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Books editor鈥檚 blog: outrage has become our default setting
Why do anger聽and indignation come so quick these days? wonders Matthew Reisz
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Augar review: call for 拢7.5K fee cap but loan access bar deferred
England鈥檚 post-18 education review panel says replacement public funding should be targeted to courses with most 鈥榮ocial and economic value鈥
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Augar review: return of maintenance grants and loan shake-up urged
Post-18 funding review calls for minimum grants of 拢3,000 annually for poorest and extending聽loan payment period to 40 years