Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages, by Jack Hartnell
Book of the week: Rachel Moss praises a study that peels back the skin of a misunderstood era often defined by death
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Laurie Taylor – 26 April 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Appointments – 26 April 2018
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Value for money is not only about individuals
Better recognition of the wider social benefits of both teaching and research would help universities regain public goodwill, says Nick Petford
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Moocs are a solution in search of a problem
If microcredentials could only gain the trust of employers and workers, platforms would have a golden goose on their hands, says Chris Fellingham
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Progress on women in STEM is starting to unravel
Thirty years on from the start of the push to get more girls into science, the sense of urgency and commitment is waning, says Karen Russ
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German rector in ‘sabotaged car crash’ after free speech fracas
Magdeburg university head reveals scale of threats he received after controversy over right-wing AfD speakers
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A History of Silence: From the Renaissance to the Present Day, by Alain Corbin
Joe Moran enters another dimension, one marked by the absence of sound. Next stop, the quiet zone
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Life with Lacan, by Catherine Millot
A lyrical memoir of a writer and psychoanalyst’s romantic and intellectual relationship with Lacan shows that psychoanalysis is very much the art of the enigmatic vignette, says Benjamin Poore
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What are you reading? – 26 April 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Subversion is at the heart of the academy
Universities cannot become Gardens of Eden without losing their key purpose, writes Hanna Holborn Gray
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Interacting with Print: Elements of Reading in the Era of Print Saturation, by The Multigraph Collective
Abigail Williams enjoys this demonstration of the many ways in which publications make meaning
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Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece, by Michael Benson
Nathan Abrams admires an impressively researched, behind-the-scenes look at a science fiction classic
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New and noteworthy – 26 April 2018
Muddled brains and mortality; angry white men; the illustrated Ada Lovelace; and going without God