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LondonThe Land of Light and Promise: Ludwig Blum (1891-1974), a 20th-century OrientalistThe works of the classically trained Czech-born Israeli topographical artist Ludwig Blum, perhaps the finest of...
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Where would we be without them?
Our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has announced that Poppleton will be paying "no attention whatsoever" to recent research from the University of Madrid, which shows that...
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Kevin Boyle, 1943-2010
An academic who stood at the centre of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland has died.Kevin Boyle, emeritus professor of international human rights law at the University of Essex, was a key...
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TV review: The lost generation
Gary Day on the plight of young people in Britain today, protecting the consumer and finding love
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Film review: Hereafter
Duncan Wu stares longingly towards the emergency exit during Clint Eastwood's supernatural stinker
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Universally unhelpful
The coalition's consensus policies manage to benefit no one, says Alan Ryan
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Research intelligence - Tight, but not too austere
The research settlement is sparing with both rises and reductions. Paul Jump reports
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The Pick - Making the right gesture
Adult puppetry to an aerial exploration of the female condition
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From where I sit - Diplomatic bag's pedagogic pearls
Those who teach international relations are rarely short of interesting material from the "real world" to illustrate key points about theory and practice, but the release of masses of classified...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste - The dying of the guiding light
Peter Hill recalls his time as a lighthouse keeper, a profession since snuffed out by technology. He misses the arduous hours, grand meals, avian migrants and tall tales in the coal fire's glow
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The week in higher education
The number of university applicants has increased by 2.5 per cent on last year, according to figures published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A total of 344,064 people had...
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13 January 2011
Freshly squeezed - California’s world-class university system fights budgetary constraints
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Leader: Missions trail leads to success
The secret of California's strength in higher education is a system that delineates institutional roles. England should take heed
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Top 20 Journals in History
Top 20 Journals in HistoryData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000-April 2010 Journal Total cites in 2009 Impact factor 5-year impact factor 1American...