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Harmonisation and discord in Europe
EU aims are laudable, says Malcolm Gillies, but the Bologna Process is no silver bullet
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The Two Faces of January, directed by Hossein Amini
Mary Evans on a film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1964 novel that questions the limits placed on the imagination by ‘normal’ behaviour
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The Life of William Wordsworth: A Critical Biography, by John Worthen
Jane Darcy wonders if exhaustive analysis has left too little room for study of Romantic poet’s creative power
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The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s America, by John F. Kasson
Philip Kemp wishes for more insight into child star’s life
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The Supermodel and the Brillo Box: Back Stories and Peculiar Economics from the World of Contemporary Art, by Don Thompson
Marta Herrero lauds an analysis from an insider affording rare insight into the market
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Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well, by Sheila Heen and Douglas Stone
Self-help guide encourages employees to conform, tolerate and adapt, says Sandra Leaton Gray
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The Rhetoric of Pregnancy, by Marika Seigel
Uta Papan on an exploration of pregnancy texts
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It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, by Danah Boyd
Tara Brabazon on an attempt to capture and express the voice of young people
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Beyond Reason and Tolerance: The Purpose and Practice of Higher Education, by Robert J. Thompson, Jr.
In a utilitarian age, service learning helps cultivate rounded individuals, says Steven Schwartz
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The Lawn Road Flats: Spies, Writers and Artists, by David Burke
Architecture meets social experiment in a Modernist block of flats, Flora Samuel writes
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Culture and the Death of God, by Terry Eagleton
The Mephistopheles of the anglophone intelligentsia ponders a God-shaped hole, leaving Fred Inglis exhilarated and maddened
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Funding sources for universities’ capital projects 2008-09 and 2012-13
The proportion of capital investment that universities financed using internal funds has leaped 20 per cent over the past four years, according to data released by the Higher Education Statistics...
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Repay ‘unlawful’ strike deductions, says UCU
Union threatens action over subtraction of a day’s pay for a two-hour walkout
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Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2014
Universities are working hard and succeeding in their aim to improve life for their students, as Times Higher Education’s Student Experience Survey results show