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Science and Sustainability: Learning from Indigenous Wisdom, by Joy Hendry
Philip Clarke asks whether ecological issues can be solved by studying aboriginal knowledge
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British Women’s Life Writing, 1760-1840, by Amy Culley
Clare Brant on a form of writing that offers a unique insight into the private lives of women
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Greed: From Gordon Gekko to David Hume, by Stewart Sutherland
Martin Cohen on a brief but powerful look at the history of avarice in society and what can be done to temper its more extreme elements
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Keynes: Useful Economics for the World Economy, by Peter Temin and David Vines
A petite primer with grand ambitions excels in its secondary themes, says Michelle Baddeley
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The Edge of Extinction: Travels with Enduring People in Vanishing Lands, by Jules Pretty
Tim Hall on a travelogue, covering 12 locations, with an abundance of ecological and cultural insights
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Lies, Passions & Illusions: The Democratic Imagination in the Twentieth Century, by François Furet
Vladimir Tismaneanu lauds a posthumous and provocative work that reflects on the past but also on the current European predicament
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Amnesia in the outback
An academic talks about her experience, the impact on her work and the long road to recovery
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The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies
Roger Michell faced ethical as well as artistic issues in dramatising the vilification of an innocent eccentric questioned over a murder, he tells Richard Howells
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New partner for THE rankings; David Willetts joins TES Global advisory board
Change to data collection methods in move designed to permit deeper analysis as former universities minister agrees to chair new Higher Education Advisory Board
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UK business schools ‘face big shakeout’
Online courses and international competition may well mean that only six or seven survive as world-class institutions, report claims
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The strange tale of the University of Vigo’s physics programme
Closures, court orders, political intrigue: Paul Jump on a Spanish university’s bitter ongoing battle
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How to be part of a creative exchange
Make your work accessible and communicate what academics can offer industry if you want to make connections. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Report praises expansion of private colleges
CentreForum thinktank argues that rapid growth has been a ‘good thing’ and that private institutions have been subjected to unfair regulation
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The (predicted) results for the 2014 REF are in
Research team hopes that predictions will help to clarify the value of metrics in assessment