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  1. Thoroughly modern gals

    Charm school Lucie Clayton College - described as an alternative to university for post A-level students - is to merge with business school St James's College. The merger marks the end of an era....

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  2. Kissed-off Dutch don

    A former university lecturer is campaigning against Dutch people giving each other three kisses when they meet. Dolph Kohnstamm, who worked at the University of Amsterdam, described the triple pecks...

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  3. Two new chiefs

    The Diary congratulates Geoffrey Crossick, pro vice-chancellor of the University of Essex, on his appointment as chief executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Board. Professor Crossick is...

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  4. One game, a thousand meanings

    What builds nations, rallies rebellious youth and gays and makes Europeans of Englishmen? It must be football, says Chris Bunting. It was the year of revolution in Europe. In 1848, France, Italy, the...

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  5. 'Good times, a bit of power and a little money too...'

    ... that is what Andrew Dilnot wants to offer young academics when he becomes principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford. Huw Richards reports. Chancellor Gordon Brown and other leading politicians might...

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  6. Too thin to be fertile?

    A chance chat at a conference on meat production led Rose Frisch to research the link between women's weight and fertility. Jon Marcus reports on her startling findings. There is a distinct irony to...

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  7. Open up to a very creative culture

    The fear that British culture is being 'swamped' has arisen from the absurdity of essentialism, says C. W. Watson. In debates about multiculturalism, assimilation and integration in contemporary...

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  8. Challenge of unrest brings out Labour's true colours

    Why is multiculturalism under attack? Experts in the field consider why ministers have turned away from heterogeneity and the absurdities that stoke racial fears. Why has new Labour dumped 'diversity...

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  9. Is it better to kick out or confront racists?

    The extremist views of some staff and students have made headlines recently. Harriet Swain asks how such opinions should be addressed on university campuses. This is supposed to be the age of apathy...

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  10. Chick lit has lessons for lit crit, too

    Text-based analysis has pushed literary history to the sidelines, but we will learn little new without also looking at the history of bestselling fiction, argues Clive Bloom. Literary history has...

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  11. First Impressions

    This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a work by a well-travelled anthropologist: "I hate travelling and explorers." The winner receives a...

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