Postdocs’ career choices swayed by personal values
Research scientists would prefer to align work with own values, study reveals
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Soft Estate: Edward Chell project on landscapes around motorways
The neglected, inaccessible land beside arterial routes is the subject of an exhibition and book
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Battle of wits with the apparatchiks
Historian Sheila Fitzpatrick discusses life and scholarly work at the heart of the Soviet system
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West Bank balance
On 18 November, Brandeis University, a liberal arts college in Massachusetts that describes itself as the only non-sectarian Jewish-sponsored institution in the US, suspended its partnership with Al-...
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THE Scholarly Web - 2 January 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Q&A with Simon Marginson
We speak to the professor of international higher education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Rulan Chao Pian, 1922-2013
A leading academic expert on Chinese music has died
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The gift excellence framework
Kevin Fong’s method to raise present standards
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Sherlock Holmes: a very British superhero
The 21st-century reincarnation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation is our version of Superman, argues Fern Riddell
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Dennis Hayes, James Stevens Curl, Paul Greatrix, John Mathew and John Morton...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Eyes Wide Open: How To Make Smart Decisions In A Confusing World, by Noreena Hertz
Omar Malik concurs with the considered advice on decision-making but seeks more understanding about the process
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Sino-Japanese Relations After the Cold War: Two Tigers Sharing a Mountain, by Michael Yahuda
Jonathan Mirsky on the politics and economics of the relationship between rapidly developing China and stagnating Japan
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The Curve: From Freeloaders into Superfans: The Future of Business, by Nicholas Lovell
Finola Kerrigan is not convinced by a proposed new way of doing business
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Down to the Sea in Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men, by Horatio Clare
Philip Hoare on the global market’s manifest destiny
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50 Great Myths About Atheism, by Russell Blackford and Udo Schüklenk
Martin Cohen on a mishmash of well-intentioned ideas