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ARTS AND DESIGN- The Cultural Aesthetics of Eighteenth-Century PorcelainEdited by Alden Cavanaugh, associate professor of art history, Indiana State University; and Michael E. Yonan, assistant...
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News in brief
Business collaborationsJoint benefits explainedA new study will aim to develop a "deeper understanding" of why companies collaborate with universities. Sponsored by the research councils, the Council...
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We don't want a return to disputes, so join us at the negotiating table
Sally Hunt says the UCU will do what it takes to get an equitable pay agreement with employers, if only they will come round and talk
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The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity and Globalization
Mary Evans agrees that the Western definition of female beauty has global economic significance
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Sell, baby, sell – and remember Betamax
Dan Stern says that the marketisation of research means that academics must abandon the ivory tower and get down and dirty in the marketplace – or face obscurity
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CULTURAL STUDIES- Gay Suburban Narratives in American and British Culture: É«ºÐÖ±²¥coming QueensBy Martin Dines, lecturer in suburban and cultural studies, Kingston University. Palgrave Macmillan, £50.00...
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News in brief
Student financesScots must borrow to get byTwo thirds of Scottish students owe money to their friends and family, and more than half have taken on expensive commercial debt to fund their studies,...
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Law roundup
The Dred Scott Case: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and LawEditors: David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman and Christopher Alan BraceyEdition: FirstPublisher: Ohio University PressPages...
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Pakistan's v-cs enjoy lessons even if not all are applicable
An international exchange scheme helps university leaders face their challenges. Hannah Fearn writes
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Exposed and vulnerable
The title could describe the feelings of overseas students in Australia and also the universities that enrol them. Phil Baty examines how violence against foreigners has put institutions' reliance on...
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Cultural, media and gender studies round-up
Understanding Cultural GlobalizationAuthor: Paul HopperEdition: FirstPublisher: PolityPages: 240Price: £50.00 and £15.99ISBN 9780745635576 and 5583Hopper, reader in the School of Historical and...
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Grant Winners
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARDA total of 18 "green" projects are to receive more than £20 million in funding, of which the Technology Strategy Board will provide half, to aid development for new or...
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Bath Spa University
• Adam Powell has been appointed to the new post of head of employability. He was formerly manager of artswork at the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in the creative industries, and...
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?= Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCESDarwin Studies: A Theorist and his Theories in their ContextsBy M.J.S. Hodge, senior fellow in history and philosophy of science, University of LeedsAshgate, £...
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Private practice
BPP may have been awarded university college status, but the regulatory system will have to be drastically overhauled if for-profit higher education is to thrive in Britain, says Simon Baker