Criticisms mount over new UK research body
Academy of Social Sciences joins former Royal Society president in raising questions about UK Research and Innovation
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Higher fees under TEF 'would put disadvantaged students off HE'
Despite previous warnings proving unfounded, survey author says that there may be a point at which university 'would become too expensive'
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Social science research in Madagascar: it’s a jungle
David Mould had to navigate cartoon lemurs and other barriers in order to help local academics study factors hindering development
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Grant winners – 30 June 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Reclaiming Feminism: Challenging Everyday Misogyny, by Miriam E. David
Book of the week: Second-wave highs, Caitlin Moran and rape culture surface in a work of mixed genres, says Emma Rees
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What are you reading? – 30 June 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Philosopher: A History in Six Types, by Justin E. H. Smith
A study probing the state of a discipline raises the alarm on scholars selling out, says Martin Cohen
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The Other Catholics: Remaking America’s Largest Religion, by Julie Byrne
Jane Shaw on a brilliant study of independent churches in the US
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The week in higher education – 30 June 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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The Quantified Self, by Deborah Lupton
What are the downsides to being able to monitor so many physical activities? asks Marcus Chown
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Reporting Dangerously: Journalist Killings, Intimidation and Security, by Simon Cottle, Richard Sambrook and Nick Mosdell
Ivor Gaber welcomes a work that gives overdue attention to the risks that members of the press and those who help them too often face
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New and noteworthy – 30 June 2016
Spain’s Left turn, legible ethnography, the Arab Spring’s bodies of evidence and Walter Benjamin’s Wunderkammer: must-read monographs
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Is there a problem with academic integrity?
A survey suggests research misconduct in the UK is higher than previously feared. Joanna Williams and five other academics ponder the results
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Laurie Taylor – 30 June 2016
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