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News
Summer conferences: a look at what's hot and what's not.

Features
What do academics make of George W. Bush's impact on higher education?

Teaching
A survey of entries for e-tutor of the year.
How to show first-years the ropes.

Books
Has our freedom been eroded more than we realise? John Adams reviews The Culture of Control.

Books focus: Geography and environmental science; and women's and gender studies.

Research
Cosmic threats to life on earth