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Academic casts light on tackling taboos in Zimbabwe
Film director Agnieszka Piotrowska’s new book details the challenges of working in the southern African country
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Gary Slapper, 1958-2016
A leading expert on corporate crime and social responsibility, who also wrote extensively about the funny side of the law, has died
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One of most cited papers ever ‘was just my grad school work’
Biochemist named in analysis of US highly cited papers claims it is not his main contribution to science
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The week in higher education – 15 December 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world's media
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Austerity Blues: Fighting for the Soul of Public Higher Education, by Michael Fabricant and Stephen Brier
The Left are busy looking back instead of devising laws to address inequalities, says Danny Dorling
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Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee, by John Bew
Britain got sober patriotism, purpose and more from its post-war leader, says Gordon Marsden
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Viruses: More Friends than Foes, by Karin Moelling
An expert’s personal guide helps Helen Bynum to get better acquainted with the fascinating ubiquitous microorganisms that live on and in us
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Best new books of the week – 15 December 2016
The perils and pains of growing old; romancing a Romance language; on hold, again; learning from failure; transparent higher education
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Entry grades ‘heavily influence’ future earnings, analysis finds
Some experts say government’s watershed data on pay could still transform student choice, while others highlight role of entry tariffs and region
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Marriage as a Fine Art, by Julia Kristeva and Philippe Sollers
Book of the week: The scrutiny to which two intellectuals submit their relationship fascinates Shahidha Bari
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What are you reading? – 15 December 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Nietzsche’s Earth: Great Events, Great Politics, by Gary Shapiro
Martin Cohen on a study that strives to position a much-quoted thinker as a social geographer
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Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy, by Morten Levin and Davydd J. Greenwood
David Wheeler finds reason for hope in a critique of the neoliberal academy that also offers sound ideas for reform
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Can Scotland carry on with its free-tuition policy?
It is written in stone that Scottish students will not pay fees, but Chris Havergal reports on worries that this stance is bad for access and sustainability