Primitive culture
The experience of Jason Haye (“UCS ‘unhealthy for a black student’: graduate”, News, 28 August) is an unusual one, linked to a one-off incident. But it also raises a serious issue about higher...
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The week in higher education - 11 September 2014
The University of Edinburgh has been warned to “think carefully” about its relationship with a “shadowy” social club, the Edinburgh News reported on 4 September. Edinburgh is already under fire after...
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Majority of research funding goes to minority of institutions
71 per cent went to 31 universities because of ‘narrowed’ definitions of excellence, claims report
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EU nationals claiming living cost support
The number of students from Europe who claim living cost support from the Student Loans Company has almost doubled over the past three years. About 22,800 EU nationals got the funding in 2012-13, up...
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Legal aid granted to US ex-student in battle over revoked scholarship
Sanaz Raji given funding for judicial review in lengthy dispute with University of Leeds, but deportation may thwart her bid
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Campus close-up: University of Bath
An innovative Building Research Park shares a former RAF base with Science Museum treasures
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The evolution of Moocs
Online courses may have been over-hyped, but they will still be a valuable part of the future
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The trials of moving house
Kevin Fong tries to find a little order among the chaos
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Fat Gay Men: Girth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma, by Jason Whitesel
Sally R. Munt lauds an ethnographic study of men who are ‘out’ about their weight
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Voices at Work: Women, Performance, and Labor in Ancient Greece, by Andromache Karanika
Barbara Graziosi on a study of female labour and ancient Greek poetry
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The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union, by Serhii Plokhy
John Barber on a vivid analysis of the last months of the collapse of the USSR
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Inside Immigration Detention, by Mary Bosworth
A study of immigration removal centres reveals their dehumanising effect, says Lucy Williams
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Literary Criticism in the 21st Century: Theory Renaissance, by Vincent B. Leitch
Rachel Bowlby on a comprehensive history of literary theory and the various forms of criticism
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Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects, by Scott Richard Shaw
Tiffany Taylor on a captivating and comical look at an often overlooked group of evolutionary survivors