What are you reading? – 17 May 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Moral Economists: R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, E. P. Thompson, and the Critique of Capitalism, by Tim Rogan
A trio of dissenting voices echo through history in this timely, vivid book, writes Fred Inglis
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Reckless Opportunists: Elites at the end of the Establishment, by Aeron Davis
A transparent account of elites’ views makes compelling – and depressing – reading, finds Heather Savigny
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New and noteworthy – 17 May 2018
A critique of the political class; overcoming groupthink; the father of fractal geometry; the golden age of American teen car culture and a theory of cultural evolutionary psychology
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Thailand’s universities suffering from ‘complacency’
Education minister says top-down reforms are needed to ensure better regulation of standards
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Laurie Taylor – 17 May 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Thomas Brazil, 1952-2018
Tributes paid to electrical engineer who helped forge today’s science of mobile communications
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Erasing a disgraced scholar’s output is impractical
While it is important to reassess behaviour and power dynamics through a post-Weinstein lens, it is harder to make the case for deleting work from the academic record
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Discrimination row university secures equality accreditation
NUI Galway’s Athena SWAN award recognises ‘energetic and sustained’ efforts to improve
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Chilean campaigners call for gender equality on campus
Concerns over increasing accounts of alleged sexual violence spark protests
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Interview with Ruggero Freddi
The former gay porn star turned academic on what lecturers can learn from the adult entertainment industry
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Abolition of tuition fees forces New Zealand funding freeze
No money left for universities after country’s government introduces free higher education
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