North Korea’s Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground is Transforming a Closed Society, by Jieun Baek
The voices of 10 defectors are the most powerful parts of a study of the Hermit Kingdom, says Hazel Smith
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Books interview: Vicky Angelaki
The author of Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain on Merleau-Ponty and Caryl Churchill, eco-novels and agency, and playwrights’ weather eye on gathering storms
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The best translational researchers are basic researchers
Life science is a big part of the UK government’s industrial strategy, but neglecting basic research will drive top researchers abroad and threaten the flow of translatable discoveries, says Philippe...
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Technical education would not need wholesale reform if universities built more bridges
Universities should consider building ‘families’ of schools and colleges to facilitate easy transfer between different levels of education, says David Phoenix
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South Sudan’s universities are reaping the benefits of Western influence
South Sudan may be racked by famine, civil war and corruption, but the probity and effectiveness of its largely Western-educated vice-chancellors are providing the rest of the public sector with...
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Australian tertiary education cannot flourish without effective vocational education
There is a growing recognition in Australia that the future of higher education must be considered alongside what happens to its struggling technical and further education sector.
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Becoming Atheist: Humanism and the Secular West, by Callum G. Brown
Ursula King searches for communion between faithless and faithful in a study of unbelievers
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The Talent Delusion: Why Data, Not Intuition, is the Key to Unlocking Human Potential, by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Success stories, such as supermarket founder Ken Morrison, are covered in a study that makes you think, says Helga Drummond
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What are you reading? – 16 March 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Behind bars: one academic’s experience of an Indian prison
James Tooley reflects on who helped him, who let him down and what he learned from his time in prison in Hyderabad
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Will peace in Colombia mean progress for universities?
Matthew Reisz in Bogotá examines how quickly a TACTIC nation can become a more effective player in global higher education
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Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy, by Philippe van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght
Book of the week: Danny Dorling lauds an exposition of the benefits of obligation-free income and how to attain them
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World in brief – 16 March 2017
Higher education news from around the globe
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Bringing technical education back into the HE fold
Tertiary education must be considered as a whole if governments are to prepare the workforce they need
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Laurie Taylor – 16 March 2017
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