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British Academy Blog
Here you’ll find insightful and interesting articles from a variety of authors across our Fellowship, staff, award holders and event speakers. Topics range from latest research projects to policy reports, and issues affecting humanities and social science study . The views expressed by our authors are not necessarily endorsed by Academy, but are commended as contributing to public debate.
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Only by keeping close ties with Europe can UK research remain globally competitive
The best ideas do not respect national boundaries. Great research and scholarship has always relied on cross-border interactions. Rivalries, such as that between Newton and Leibnitz over the invention of calculus, and collaborations, such as those at the CERN project in Switzerland involve people from different nations working on common problems.
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'Coalgate': corruption, an honest bureaucrat and a deeper malaise in India
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How maths and driverless cars could spell the end of traffic jams
Being stuck in miles of halted traffic is not a relaxing way to start or finish a summer holiday. And as we crawl along the road, our views blocked by by slow-moving roofboxes and caravans, many of us will fantasise about a future free of traffic jams.
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The Human Rights Act
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Introducing a new international project on ancient writing
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Crossing Paths – A British Academy Report on Interdisciplinarity in UK Universities
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#notracist: The Denial of Online Racism
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England after Brexit
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England and the English after the referendum
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Brexit, the media and the academic world
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Public Confidence in Policing - A British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship
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How to Train Your Dragon (and Become a Saint) - the Medieval Way
