Safe spaces are fine, but students must also be brave
Students and administrators alike should resist pitting diversity against free expression, says John Palfrey
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How much research is done on gun violence in the US?
Bibliometric data suggest there should be more scholarship on the topic, but academics still make key contributions to debate
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What are you reading? 鈥 19 October 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Books editor鈥檚 blog: Empty ideas and words 鈥 we鈥檙e talking business
The business world is plagued by bullshit on an industrial scale, but Andr茅 Spicer wants to help workers escape from its corrosive effects and rediscover meaning
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Vanguard of the Revolution: The Global Idea of the Communist Party, by A. James McAdams
Book of the week: Communism around the world was shaped by its opportunistic leaders, finds Yvonne Howell
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 19 October 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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Does liberal arts education have an image problem?
Liberal arts colleges are often perceived as being elite and irrelevant. But the best among them excel in areas such as engagement and focus on critical thinking. Ellie Bothwell explores whether...
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KEF is so Soviet
The government wants to develop a 鈥渒nowledge excellence framework鈥 for English universities, the universities and science minister has announced (鈥淛o Johnson plans for KEF to measure knowledge...
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Enterprise essential
Your feature 鈥淎re graduates worth their salt?鈥 (12聽October) asks an important question.聽 Having written for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and for the European Commission鈥檚...