William Robert Grove: Victorian Gentleman of Science, by Iwan Rhys Morus
The inventor of the fuel cell deserves a biography, but more detail of his work and his life would be welcome, says Richard Joyner
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What are you reading? 鈥 2 March 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Locomotive Of War: Money, Empire, Power and Guilt, by Peter Clarke
Book of the week: A history of famous liberals shows how global conflict shaped them and us, writes A. W. Purdue
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Why the audit culture made me quit
Liz Morrish reflects on why she chose to tackle the failings of the neoliberal academy from the outside
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UK universities are on an island adrift
Since the Brexit vote, UK institutions have been losing friends and influence around the world. That will continue unless they win political support
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Grant winners 鈥 2 March 2017
A round-up of聽academics awarded research council funding
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 2 March 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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Counting the hours shows fast-track flaws
The UK government has announced plans to alter the Higher Education and Research Bill to allow the creation of two-year 鈥渇ast-track鈥 degrees (for which institutions could charge higher tuition fees...
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Where radicals write
In the article 鈥淵oung academics鈥 research 鈥榚legant but not interesting鈥 鈥 (News, 23 February), Richard Robison, discussing the increasing 鈥渃onservatism鈥 of young scholars鈥 papers, says: 鈥淚ronically,...
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Parliamo
In 鈥淭he gift of tongues鈥 (Features, 23 February), Jacqueline Dutton rightly observes: 鈥淢odern languages will survive if academics continue to work together to support each other across languages and...
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Fuel for thought
With the triennial valuation of the Universities Superannuation Scheme due in March, we are concerned about the self-inflicted harm caused by a flawed measure introduced by the trustee to manage risk...
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Stalinist past
According to Richard Joyner in his appreciative review of Krishna Dronamraju鈥檚 biography of J. B. S. Haldane, Popularizing Science (Books, 23 February), J. B. S. 鈥渂ecame a Marxist and then an...