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Pick of the week More Victoriana. In the week that marks the centenary of Queen Victoria’s death, BBC Radio 4 starts a substantial season about the events and achievements of her reign, covering a...
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Slavery on our doorstep
Kevin Bales has uncovered a trade in human misery ranging from domestic workers in London to child prostitutes in Bangkok. Anne Sebba reports. Kevin Bales clearly remembers his first encounter with...
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The traditional approach to medical training is leaving GPs emotionally crippled
This week, the head of the General Medical Council urged the NHS to shed its paternalistic culture. Linden West explains the urgency of the situation. Manchester GP Harold Shipman embarks on an epic...
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Is politics a candidate for therapy?
As traditional politics struggles to cope with changing economic and social demands, Andrew Samuels argues that psychotherapy might offer some inspiration. Politics in many western countries has...
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A new cover for old books
Matthew Parker did not pay much to accumulate his library. But four centuries later, it is going to take £20 million to house it properly. Parker’s library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, was...
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Latest UK news
Protesting lecturers risk wages Lecturers taking part in the national dispute over pay were told this week that they will not be paid until "normal working" is resumed. Warwick warns of...
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Latest international news
Police fire tear gas at demonstrators Police in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, have fired tear gas at 3,000 demonstrators, many of them students, who were demanding the resignation of president...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Scientists from Lucent Technologies have found a way to wring more bandwidth from the mobile phone spectrum, increasing the data-carrying capacity of radio signals by a factor of...
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Functional Genomics
Deadline: 01/03/2001
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Research Grants
Deadline: 31/01/2001
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Call for proposals for research on the Aral Sea Basin
Deadline: 28/02/2001
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Daily TV & radio guide - Thursday
Moral Notes (11.30 am R4). Victorian popular songs and their values: Simon Brett continues his series with a selection of anti-drink songs. Word of Mouth (4.00 R4). Michael Rosen examines the jargon...
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Latest international news
Students defy army to call for ceasefire Thousands of university students have defied a military order and taken to the streets in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, to press the government to...
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Latest UK news
Quality head attacks over-assessed degrees Universities are assessing students too often to allow them to gain the proper conceptual understanding required for an honours degree, John Randall, chief...
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From today's UK papers
MISCELLANY Ministers have intervened in a last-ditch attempt to stop Huntingdon Life Sciences, the laboratory company being targeted by animal rights activists, closing after its bank decided not to...