China’s overseas investment should not neglect education
History shows that the Belt and Road initiative will be successful only if it boosts human capital, as well as physical infrastructure, says Alan Ruby
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Disciplines must relax if the big challenges are to be met
Faculties without borders are the key to turning multidisciplinarity into more than a buzzword, says Duncan Ivison
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University music courses are hitting some bum notes
The curricular dominance of popular music may sell tickets but belies the point of a musical education, says Sam Richards
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Big Data needs bigger oversight
The Cambridge Analytica controversy flags up the ethical perils of research with Big Data – especially when it has commercial potential, says John Holmwood
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The Transformation of Athens: Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece, by Robin Osborne
There’s more to the vases of ancient Athens than initially meets the eye, finds Barbara Graziosi
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Paris in the Cinema: Beyond the Flâneur, edited by Alastair Phillips and Ginette Vincendeau
Davina Quinlivan ponders the importance of the French capital and its representation on screen to the development of film studies
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Books interview: Kalwant Bhopal
The author and professor of education and social justice discusses white privilege, Leonard Cohen, and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
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Deport, Deprive, Extradite: 21st Century State Extremism, by Nisha Kapoor
Laleh Khalili ponders how the eschewing of Muslim suspects’ human rights affects us all
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Healing from Hate: How Young Men Get Into – and Out of – Violent Extremism, by Michel Kimmel
Matthew Feldman considers an exploration of the perception of masculinity and its effects on extremism
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What are you reading? – 12 April 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The New Chimpanzee: A Twenty-First-Century Portrait of Our Closest Kin, by Craig Stanford
Book of the week: Laura Kehoe welcomes a significant contribution to our understanding of primates’ behaviour in the wild
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Conferences mean high times but low returns
Academic gatherings may be fun, but they do little to advance knowledge. To justify the public spending that supports them, such events must do more to provide benefits to those who don’t attend,...
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THE Leadership and Management Awards 2018 shortlist announced
Do you appear on this year’s shortlist?
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Laurie Taylor – 12 April 2018
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