Stalin’s World: Dictating Soviet Order, by Sarah Davies and James Harris
Robert Gellately on a study analysing the dictator’s perceptions
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Being German, Becoming Muslim: Race, Religion, and Conversion in the New Europe, by Esra Özyürek
Ursula King on a profile of the many faces of Islam in one country
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The Third Reich in History and Memory, by Richard J. Evans
An eminent scholar’s sure-footed essays serve to take the temperature of the field, says Neil Gregor
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How a German university lost its chairs
Protracted battle to retrieve a computer centre’s seats for the elderly and handicapped at Bremen says much about the bureaucratic mindset
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Joshua Reynolds: Experiments in Paint
An artist often portrayed as an orthodox portraitist is depicted as having an ‘unquenchable thirst’ for innovation and experiment, finds Shahidha Bari
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Shortlist for Oxford vice-chancellor taking shape
Andrew Hamilton to take over at NYU after he makes his exit
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Keeping DLHE data honest
The article by an anonymous former employee of an English university will concern anyone with an interest in the quality of higher education data and the broader reputation of the sector (“Bar work?...
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Failure to innovate leaves sector playing teacher training catch-up
Universities were too slow to take lead, leaving them vulnerable to policy change, scholar argues
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Why publish and be so damned hard to find?
Outdated practices and lack of simplicity result in ‘unfindable’ work, Carole Goble tells Jisc Digital Festival 2015
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Turn the page on fairy tale economics, says Monty Python star
Universities must be realistic about crashes and capitalism, says Terry Jones ahead of the premiere of documentary Boom Bust Boom
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Asian postgraduates outnumber UK students in four subject areas
THE analyses postgrad awards by subject and region as academics debate the risks and rewards of a decade of internationalisation
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Visa refusal for China expert Miwa Hirono is ‘pure madness’
Home Office under fire over ‘indefensible’ appeal forcing international relations expert to quit UK
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It’s time to retire the ABS guide to journal quality
This flawed publication is symptomatic of a deeper malaise in business and management studies, says Dennis Tourish
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Mobile students get top marks
Students who spend part of their degree overseas achieve higher final grades than those who choose to stay put, according to a report
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Casualty of war: the hounding of German scholars in the UK
Frank Finlay considers the experience of the immigrant professor who held his post during the 1914-18 conflict