Birth Control and the Rights of Women: Post-Suffrage Feminism in the Early Twentieth Century, by Clare Debenham
Carmel Quinlan on the social and cultural history of the birth control movement from 1921 to 1973
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Hard-Core Romance: Fifty Shades of Grey, Best-Sellers, and Society, by Eva Illouz
Laura Frost on the needs met by an erotic best-seller
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Embryos Under the Microscope: The Diverging Meanings of Life, by Jane Maienschein
Sally Lowell on our understanding of embryonic development and the possibilities and responsibilities that have arisen
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American Tax Resisters, by Romain D. Huret
Martin Daunton on the history of the anti-tax movement in America
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R&D investment fails to reach Europe 2020 targets
The UK and other European countries are underinvesting in research and development, according to a report from the European Commission
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Suspension of BITE’s visa licence ‘only temporary’
James MacAskill, principal of the private college, says suspension is down to a ‘misunderstanding’ by the Home Office
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Engage Competition winners feature zombies and sensory delights
Cardiff University’s CAER Heritage Project announced as overall winner for engagement with the public
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Private colleges investigated amid fears of fraud
SLC discusses whether students are genuine and attending classes despite confusion over who should investigate
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UK universities: from excellence to omnishambles
A raft of short-sighted policies are causing harm, says Sir Roderick Floud
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Subsidies and uncapped fees ‘most rational’ way to finance universities
Vice-chancellor claims that removing the cap on fees and subsidising poorer students would work but is a ‘toxic issue politically’
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Imperialist metric systems
Inappropriate measures of performance are detrimental to the intrinsic motivations of an academic workforce
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University of Warwick gags critic of 'authoritarian' sector
Suspended professor prevented from speaking at conference
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Cast adrift: an adventure in academic editing
David Mould on fine-tuning the work of a global group of novice researchers
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‘Cut 50% of universities and bar undergraduates from Oxbridge’
Sir Roderick Floud, former UUK president, criticises duplication and waste in ‘muddled non-system’
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The trouble with taught degree-awarding powers
Nick Hillman on plans to use the powers to sort good universities from bad