A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier, by Danny Dorling
Book of the week: Facts and figures can get you only so far when it comes to political change, says Gordon Marsden
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In defence of the Twitter pariah
Sometimes you need someone as controversial as psychologist Hans Eysenck to advance science, says Philip Corr
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Grant winners – 31 March 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Can a young university be a world-leading university?
Youth is not a bar to excellence, despite older institutions’ rankings success. Jack Grove analyses how some youthful contenders have risen in the ranks
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Laurie Taylor – 31 March 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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What’s the appropriate attire for learning?
Dress codes have all but died, but Felipe Fernández-Armesto still thinks we work best when properly and thoughtfully attired
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Maverick spirit of art schools is being crushed
Anna Coatman’s feature “What next for art schools?” (17 March) on the “lost” golden age of UK art schools omitted an important and still relevant fact: there was “something in the air” about those...
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Unsung classics
I was very glad to see Emma Gee raise the issue of the translation of Classics and its scholarly nature and potential to engage the public (“Classics’ elitism should be lost in translation”, 17 March...
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OU soul-searching
The Open University does, as Ormond Simpson argues, need to rediscover a personal touch (“[!The Open University!] needs to make it personal”, Letters, 10 March), but that in itself cannot be the...
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Stopping charlatans
Abuse of the professorial title is easily remedied (“Ersatz professors should be booed off the stage”, Opinion, 17 March). Section B3 of the Quality Assurance Agency’s Quality Code insists that “...