When reform needs reform
More freedom to select students has not been an unalloyed good in China, says Hong Bing
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Industry need sparks a rise in teaching aid from firms
But some fear large gifts from US companies may dictate universities’ curricula
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Under fire: bearing witness to assaults on the academy
A report on global attacks on education also proposes ways to protect the sector
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A chance to clean up and move forward
The resignation of a rector is an opportunity to tackle corruption in Kosovo’s academy, says Peter Geoghegan
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Ruin Lust
At Tate Britain, Leo Mellor finds potency, fatalism and beauty in depictions of transience, both gradual and cataclysmic
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Barbara Graziosi, Ruth Richardson, Bruce Scharlau, Clare Hemmings and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950, by Marwa Elshakry
Steve Jones considers a reflection on the Origin of Species’ influence on everything (except biology)
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Beautiful Geometry, by Eli Maor and Eugen Jost
Tony Mann admires a book where art and mathematics are in perfect harmony
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Romania’s Abandoned Children: Deprivation, Brain Development and the Struggle for Recovery, by Charles A. Nelson, Nathan A. Fox and Charles H. Zeanah
A study of children in institutions offers a perspective on the cognitive benefits of parenting, find Mary K. Rothbart and Michael I. Posner
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The Erotic Doll: A Modern Fetish, by Marquard Smith
An exploration of mannequins as objects of lust makes fascinating reading for Laura Frost
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First World War: Still No End in Sight, by Frank Furedi
The conflict takes a backseat to questions about the state of ideological and cultural thinking, says Angela K. Smith
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Risk: A Study of its Origins, History and Politics, by Matthias Beck and Beth Kewell
Theories abound but Omar Malik wishes that more of them had been submitted to the test of reality
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Leading light sought to shepherd southern star
CEO and director of research will represent ‘world-class’ Australian biomedical research centre. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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Higgins’ retirement announcement preceded by vote on governance
Durham head Chris Higgins announces departure soon after senate debate on reducing v-c’s powers
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N8 to pool research to make a big splash
But critics warn of funding eligibility problems in plan to collaborate on projects