Odds and quads - 12 December 2013
The diagram showing the flow of blood in the forearm is taken from William Harvey’s De Motu Cordis (1628), a pioneering exposition of how blood circulates around the body
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Mandela’s death triggers memories of anti-apartheid struggle
How big a role did scholars play in abolition of heinous system?
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Watchdog backs THE’s demand for timely minutes from London Met
Institution’s 12-month embargo is probably ‘in breach’ of ICO guidelines. David Matthews reports
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Humanities must lead on European stage or risk being left behind
Oxford scholar says discipline can play vital role in meeting biggest challenges
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US court raises chances of jocks getting piece of action
Judgment is a key development in student athletes’ bid to claim a cut of billion-dollar college sports
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Eastern promise
I’m sitting in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (previously Saigon), a progressive and cosmopolitan metropolis that has an abundance of scooters and a vibrant cafe culture. With a distinctive Parisian feel...
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Croatia weighs a strategy for higher education reform
Following student protests, government mulls a sector report calling for change. Cyrille Cartier writes
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St Benet’s: fellowship of the ecumenical table
Matthew Reisz talks to the master of Oxford hall and ‘place of inter-religious encounter’
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Singapore Biennale 2013: a show that fizzes with ideas
Mutability and periphery come to the fore in an event focused on Southeast Asia’s artists, writes Peter Hill
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Behind the Academic Curtain: How to Find Success and Happiness with a PhD, by Frank F. Furstenberg
Tara Brabazon on postgraduate career guidance that applies to an elite world that is shrinking
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Traveling in Place: A History of Armchair Travel, by Bernd Stiegler
Robert Mayhew on the vision, dignity and achievement of two centuries of armchair travellers
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Ezra Pound’s Fascist Propaganda, 1935-45, by Matthew Feldman
Richard Bosworth on an exploration of Pound’s activism before and during the Second World War
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The End of Plagues: The Global Battle against Infectious Disease, by John Rhodes
Helen Bynum on the history of vaccination
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The Nostalgia Factory: Memory, Time and Ageing, by Douwe Draaisma
Alan Collins considers the ‘reminiscence effect’