Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter, by Peter Singer
A controversial philosopher turns his mind to subjects ranging from happiness and euthanasia to vegetarianism, incest and doping, says Jane O’Grady
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Pakistan’s women-only universities are 'progressive' spaces
Co-author of a major UK study of female advancement at Pakistan’s universities recounts positive experience of such institutions
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The volcanologist who led Werner Herzog into the inferno
Clive Oppenheimer recounts dodging lava bombs and gunmen as he guided the director to global hot spots for his film about volcanoes
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New and noteworthy – 20 October 2016
A fresh run at Homer; unseen dirty work; all the lols of yoof-speak; and the link between Ayn Rand’s bad thoughts, worse writing and financial catastrophe
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Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream, by Sara Goldrick-Rab
Book of the week: Working through university crushes US students. Laurie Taylor fears the UK will share their pain
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Brexit turmoil ‘pushes university pension deficit to £15 billion’
Plugging a multibillion-pound deficit exacerbated by June’s poll result may require ‘drastic measures’, analysts have warned
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In Praise of Profanity, by Michael Adams
Seneca meets The Sopranos in a lively who, what, when, where and why of cursing, says Tom Palaima
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What are you reading? – 20 October 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Red Ellen: The Life of Ellen Wilkinson, Socialist, Feminist, Internationalist, by Laura Beers
Clare Griffiths on a study of the whirlwind life of the flame-haired Labour minister
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Success rates data may mask gender bias
Experts question whether funders are doing enough to tackle discrimination in grant applications
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Married to the(ir) job: living with an academic
Scholars and their significant others share the good, the bad and the ugly
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The week in higher education – 20 October 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Grant winners – 20 October 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Laurie Taylor – 20 October 2016
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