What are you reading? – 3 December 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education – 3 December 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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The Other Paris: An Illustrated Journey through a City’s Poor and Bohemian Past, by Luc Sante
Book of the week: Beneath a bourgeois veneer is a secret history of defunct jobs and fascinating lives, says Paul White
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Today’s students are anything but coddled
The furore about trigger warnings and no-platform campaigns reveals not a timid generation but rather one unafraid to tackle reality head-on, argues Tom Cutterham
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Public engagement: go forth and mingle
Three scholars share the pleasures and perils of sticking your head above the parapet
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Grant winners – 3 December 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Laurie Taylor – 3 December 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Germaine Greer: having her speak at Cardiff University was the right thing to do
The eminent scholar’s views are controversial, says v-c Colin Riordan, but providing a forum for debate is core to universities’ mission
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TEF may open door to student litigation
I was interested to read the outcome of the litigation initiated by a student who claimed that the teaching she had received in her two-year MSc course in nutritional therapy at the University of...