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  1. Campus round-up

    Cold comfortStudents interested in microbiology are set to benefit from an annual joint field trip module with the University of Akureyri, Iceland thanks to a British Council grant of nearly £60,000...

  2. Odds and quads

    This 19th-century Maori war club would have been used to deadly effect by breaking or dislocating a person’s shoulder so as to disarm them and then delivering a fatal blow to the head. The wax model...

  3. News in brief

    United StatesAlabama State rebukedA US university has lost an appeal against a sexual harassment verdict that ruled in favour of three former employees. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 23-...

  4. Turkish delight for US and UK

    Demographic and economic factors indicate prime location for student recruitment. Jack Grove reports

  5. Schools in

    Schools can add much to training, the head of new Sheffield Institute of Education tells John Elmes

  6. Mena governance under scrutiny

    World Bank study helps North African and Middle Eastern institutions to gauge how well they are run as they work to improve. David Matthews writes

  8. Grant winners

    Economic and Social Research CouncilESRC–RGC (Hong Kong) bilateral AwardAward winner: Paul MorrisInstitution: Institute of EducationValue: £70,563Hong Kong as a source for education policy in England...

  10. Awards and promotions

    University of WestminsterRoland DannreutherRoland Dannreuther, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Westminster, said he felt an equal mixture of “excitement and...

  11. Obituary - Jean Bethke Elshtain

    A respected author and renowned philosopher of US religion, ethics and politics has died.Jean Bethke Elshtain, who had been the Laura Spelman Rockefeller professor of social and political ethics at...