Golden opportunities
As the Olympic flame departs Beijing 2008 and the world's attention shifts to London 2012, UK universities are looking forward to sharing the spotlight. Hannah Fearn reports
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A passion for teaching: The power of two
Teaching is a solo vice, says Alex Danchev, but when he took a partner to help lead a seminar on life-writing, he found his enjoyment doubled
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Judgment calls
Amid worries about examining practices, Times Higher Education asked ten academics to mark a first-year paper. Verdicts ranged from zero to a 2:1, but the markers identified an inherent consensus,...
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The art of contemplation
An examination of the diverse lives of religious women is a revelatory read for Anke Bernau
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Between Naturalism and Religion: Philosophical Essays
Recent years have seen something of a convergence among anglophone and continental European philosophers around broadly pragmatic understandings of reason, truth and value. This movement is the...
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Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917-1967
Max Weber described bureaucracy as "a power instrument of the first order" which, once fully institutionalised, "is among those social structures which are hardest to destroy". Given the disruptions...
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Book of the week: Regionalism and the Reading Class
Tara Brabazon acclaims a monograph of merit
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The week in books
In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta Ahmed, assistant professor of medicine, Medical University of South Carolina. Sourcebooks, £7.99, ISBN...
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Slaves and Nazis: efficiency's story
Julia King looks at an engineering journey from factory systems to social manipulation
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Super Rich: The Rise of Inequality in Britain and the United States
George Irvin's discussion of the impact on society of the new "super rich" could not be more timely. As the UK faces up to the likelihood of a credit crunch-driven recession, attention is...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Oxford
1. Mathematics for IGCSE by David Rayner. Oxford University Press, £16.25. ISBN 97801991499402. English Grammar in Use: A Self-study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate Students of English...
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Behind every great artist ..
Alison Yarrington gleans much from a glimpse into the domestic lives of Cezanne, Monet and Rodin
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Complaint
Some years ago, I found myself having a drink with a young woman who had recently taken up a job as researcher on a well-known Radio 4 programme. She seemed more confident than most people at that...
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Contraception: A History
Contraception: A History sets out a broad overview of this complex and complicated subject. As others have done before, Robert Jutte (in an English translation by Vicky Russell) dispels the myth that...
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Published this week
ARTS AND DESIGN- Writing on Drawing: Essays on Drawing Practice and ResearchEdited by Steve Garner, senior lecturer in the department of design and innovation, The Open University. Intellect Books, £...