Wrenches in the high-tech toolbox
The Golem at Large
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Women tied by jute and more
Women and labour in late Colonial India
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Getting by is all that counts in the village
Gao Village
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In theory, the glue that holds society together
Social Theory
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Blown away by thought of windy city
Department and Discipline
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Cooperative breeders....they really pay dividends
Single mums who sleep around may be employing an age-old strategy to protect their kids. Anne Sebba reports. Evolutionary biologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (pictured left)was invited in 1984 to a...
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Spare us a million, guv?
How do universities persuade benefactors to part with their cash? Phil Baty reports on the arts of fundraising and the newcomers to the game. Mike Smithson has been poached by Oxford University -...
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The dead (and live) poets' society
Is an Ulster mafia behind the appointment of Paul Muldoon (right) to Oxford's poetry professorship? No, says Valentine Cunningham. What a dizzying roller-coaster is Oxford University's relation with...
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Higher channels
John Davies picks programmes of interest to academics. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week It's a big week for ambitious new Channel 4 series - on country life (Green and Pleasant Land,...
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What Jim knew and Henry did
Twenty-five years after Turkey invaded Cyprus, James Callaghan admits there were secret US spy bases on the island. But, asks Brendan O'Malley, did Washington turn a blind eye to the invasion to...
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Lost on the third way
Anthony Giddens's third way ("Giddens defends third-way politics", THES, October 29) is a muddle. First, state control does not equal "socialism" - what about the United States aerospace and defence...
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Software firms pay students on tailored degree
HAMBURG German software engineering companies are overcoming a chronic shortage of new recruits by offering students a salary to study a degree course specially tailored to their needs. Twelve...
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Lecturers strike for 19 per cent
MELBOURNE Universities across Australia are facing their worst industrial upheaval in more than ten years as academics and general staff push for a 19 per cent pay rise. Stoppages and strikes have...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section list funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk. ROYAL SOCIETY www.royalsoc.ac.uk/ ies/ies.htm Study Visits to...