And God had no funding
Old Testament expert Alastair Hunter of Glasgow University's divinity faculty gave scripture a new spin at last week's Association of University Teachers' Scottish council. He described how Adam's...
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V-cs' feast turns famine
Vice-chancellors were tempted to consider such cannibalism at this week's meeting of the International Universities Presidents' Forum in Cardiff. After a drinks reception, they sat down to dinner but...
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Driven to drink by QAA
The Quality Assurance Agency might claim to represent the interests of students when it inspects the quality of teaching in the country's universities. An incident last week, however, demonstrated...
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High-rise washing line
Possibly the most distressing Comic Relief fundraising event last week was that organised by the University of Wolverhampton. It took pairs of pants from local people and hoisted them from the crane...
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Don's Diary
Monday Earlier start to feed sheep, allowing for the ritual of disinfecting and showering. Leave foot-and-mouth epicentre of the South-west to hear second reading of hunting bill in the Lords. Attend...
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In the news: Helen Aspell
Helen Aspell, who is challenging the incumbent Owain James for the National Union of Students presidency, looks set to put up a tough fight. Next week's national conference in Blackpool will be the...
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On the move
The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff , has promoted the following to professorship: David Botterill , director of research and enterprise at the Welsh School of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure...
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A profession in a critical condition
Doctors on the Edge
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That son of a bitch who happened to be a genius
With the Academy Awards season upon us once again, Mamoun Hassan pays tribute to John Ford, America's greatest director. "You cannot contradict your time too flatly and be influential. That is...
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Uncontrolled morning urges
The Science of Self-Control
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Agonising nature of humans
Man, Beast and Zombie
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is by a former prisoner and exile: "At 5am, as usual, reveille was sounded - a hammer banged against a rail...
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Genetic equation doesn't add up
The Maths Gene
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Recognising parts of the body that make up the mind
The New Cognitive Neurosciences