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Mixed Messages: Norms and Social Control around Teen Sex and Pregnancy, by Stefanie Mollborn
‘Nice’ kids are still being told not to do ‘it’, setting off a dangerous dissembling, says Angelia Wilson
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Complicit Sisters: Gender and Women’s Issues across North-South Divides, by Sara de Jong
A study of female NGO workers and the migrants they interact with examines the relationship in all its complexity, says Emma Rees
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Improving How Universities Teach Science: Lessons from the Science Education Initiative, by Carl Wieman
Even scientists may be unmoved by evidence on how to make teaching better, finds Jennifer Rohn
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Transmaterial Next: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Future, by Blaine Brownell
Richard Joyner enjoys a tour of the novel substances that might give tomorrow its form, including a substance seven times less dense than air
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Subject-level TEF ‘may mislead students’
Bundling of subjects under pilot for future phase of teaching excellence framework may ignore diversity and complexity of many disciplines, says engineering body
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The week in higher education – 27 July 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Student recruitment needs culture classes
Financial issues are not the central barriers to increased university access in Canada. It is cultural factors that must be tackled, say Ross Finne, Athur Sweetman and Richard Mueller
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Open access monograph dash could lead us off a cliff
It is not Luddism to be cautious about destroying an academic publishing industry that has served us well, says Marilyn Deegan
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‘Flat-pack’ students need help with isolation
Providing support for learners on low-cost ‘flat-pack degrees’ is key to expanding international higher education in Australia and worldwide, says Merlin Crossley
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Swept up in scholarly symposia
It's surprising how enjoyable a trip on the conference carousel can be
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Graphic explorations of the (physical) state we’re in
Two books use graphic formats to address the big questions in physics and the gaps in our knowledge, cross-examining Einstein et al and musing over love handles and farts. Matthew Reisz writes
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Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future, by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson
Book of the week: Apps are taking us places, fast – but do we always want to go? John Gilbey considers the value of rapidly changing tech
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How much has higher education changed?
Ellie Bothwell goes through the archives from 45 to five years ago and discovers some recurring themes
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What are you reading? – 27 July 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers