The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic, by Jonathan Rottenberg
Joanne Dickson on innovative mental health approaches to the understanding and treatment of a global problem
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Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology Since Darwin, by Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny and Bob Montgomerie
Claire Spottiswoode on the history of modern ornithology and how it has contributed to our understanding of evolution
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Germany rethinks after rush to adopt Bologna reforms
Problems with the introduction of EU harmonised three-year degrees have led to a reassessment
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Habib Kazdaghli: honoured by Scholars at Risk
Dean from Tunisia’s Manouba University given Courage to Think Award
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Interrogating sources
In the matter of Zygmunt Bauman “rebuts plagiarism accusations” (“Do not confuse pedantry with scholarship”, 3 April), I stand with the accused. In an age when academics are electronically connected...
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Deconstructing Dignity: A Critique of the Right-to-Die Debate, by Scott Cutler Shershow
Sigrid Sterckx on a Derrida-inspired analysis of calculation, incalculability and ending life
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HEA future unclear as councils cut off the cash
Redundancy talks start as body prepares for loss of grant support by 2017
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Recruitment trends favour the selective
Universities with high tariffs gain most under new fees regime, Hefce finds
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Hefce looks at overseas links for research excellence
Willetts sees potential in tie-ups with Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong
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US academics rally to union standard
As lecturers in the UK prepare for the UCU’s marking boycott, US campuses are experiencing a surge of unionisation
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THE Scholarly Web - 10 April 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Graduates will be paying well into their fifties
Under new system, average repayments will double, IFS finds
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There’s still no such thing as a higher education market
Years after Thatcher, says Simon Marginson, commerce is marginal to the sector. True competition would destroy its essence
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Beyond naked power
Vice-chancellors and those who select them might learn from the successes – and notable failures – of politics
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Revolutionary road to higher standards in Ukraine
Nation’s universities to face QAA-style scrutiny under new regime