Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill, 1550–1800, by Margaret E. Schotte
Sarah Kinkel is very impressed by a detailed account of how navigators learned their skills
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Books editor’s blog: elemental journeys and hellish christenings
Matthew Reisz is intrigued by a gentle stroll through the byways of the periodic table
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Duke of York steps down as Huddersfield chancellor
Students had called for royal to quit over friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
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Hunted: Predation and Pentecostalism in Guatemala, by Kevin O’Neill
David Lehmann assesses a journalistic account of clerical abuse in Central America
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The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business, by David T. Courtwright
Lennard Davis is intrigued by an exceptionally wide-ranging account of the many things on which humans get high
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The scandal at the Oxford Union is an opportunity to reassess our values
The forcible removal of a visually impaired student should be met with institutional change for one of Britain’s oldest students’ societies, argues Henry HatwellÂ
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Labour commits £7.2 billion to axeing fees and reviving grants
Manifesto also pledges ‘fundamental rethink’ of teaching and research assessment, plus end to ‘failed free market’ in higher education and to staff casualisation
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The growth mindset
In a marketised system, student numbers are rising. Small universities offer a collegial approach and, for some, better, not bigger, is the key to excellence
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Elizabethan Globalism: England, China and the Rainbow Portrait, by Matthew Dimmock
Ann Hughes applauds a compelling analysis of the ways that Tudor England was open to the world
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Is small still beautiful in the age of the mega-university?
Universities are rapidly expanding their student rolls, using their increased scale to invest, compete and insulate themselves against economic uncertainty. But at what cost, asks Ellie Bothwell
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How academics can improve their quality of life
At a time when stress and mental health issues are endemic within universities, Erin K. Wilson considers the small steps she is determined to take in order to be part of the solution
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Interview with Mary Pierre-Harvey
The UK’s first black director of estates discusses the barriers faced by ethnic minority professionals and why Westminster Abbey has a carving of her head
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Margarita Salas Falgueras, 1938–2019
Tributes paid to researcher who invented pioneering DNA testing technique and championed women in science
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University reputation ‘less important’ for graduate recruiters
Data from a worldwide survey of employers suggest universities that specialise, work with industry and cultivate digital literacy are gaining the most ground
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Visa concerns ‘low on the list’ for travelling academics
Survey of 10,000 researchers suggests that despite headlines, salary and location are still bigger drivers