Derek Burke, 1930-2019
Tributes paid to a leading biochemist who went on to become the third vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia
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What are you reading? – 25 April 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Letters – 25 April 2019
More or less, only graduates should pay In his article on the longitudinal education outcomes project, which he initiated when he was minister of state for universities and science (“You are what you...
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The Shadow of Unfairness: A Plebeian Theory of Liberal Democracy, by Jeffrey Edward Green
Lincoln Allison is unimpressed by an attempt to promote plebeianism as a political philosophy
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Chinese Thought from Confucius to Cook Ding, by Roel Sterckx
Jonathan Mirsky applauds an analysis that links age-old traditions of thought with politics today
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Books interview: Daniel Kennefick
The author of ‘No Shadow of a Doubt’ on a childhood love of fantasy and science fiction that inspired a career in physics
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The final chapter or the start of a new volume?
Perspectives on the state of English studies around the world reveal how disciplines are vulnerable to changes in society, policy and technology
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The Scholems: A Story of the German Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction, by Jay Howard Geller
Geoffrey Alderman considers the ambiguities of the synthesis between German and Jewish culture in the 19th and 20th centuries
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Revolution Remembered: Seditious Memories after the British Civil Wars, by Edward Legon
R.C. Richardson considers how the events of the 1640s and 1650s were recalled by the next generations
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Common threads bind campuses together
A spell of globetrotting shows that no matter their location, universities, and those they serve, face challenges that cannot be tackled alone
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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval, by Saidiya Hartman
Book of the week: Cheryl A. Wall praises an account of the ‘too fast girls’ who carved out free lives for themselves in New York and Philadelphia
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‘The youth’ in revolt? Sheffield’s open library too noisy for some
University sees valuable outreach in letting school pupils use library – but critics claim it is being used as a ‘play centre’
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Entrepreneurship is ‘21st-century heroism’, students told
Analysis of nine European universities finds the ‘innovation’ agenda has taken root – often pushed by students who want to solve the world’s problems
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Could Macron’s ENA move herald global shift against ‘elite’ HE?
Politicians seeking to quell discontent about inequality and pre-empt populists could turn on elite institutions, observers predict
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Brexit and post-18 review create ‘uncertainty in every direction’ for UK HE
Removal of UK universities from key European research project highlights financial impact of impasse over EU exit