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  1. Off Piste - Is it really so strange?

    A young Nick Hillman chose Manchester less for the university’s eminent historians than for the city’s glorious music scene - and despite the latter’s loathing for his Conservative heroine

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    #Off Piste

  2. Odds and quads

    These are among the 400 Japanese stencils (katagami) acquired by the Silver Studio, one of the UK's most influential design houses, in the late 19th century.

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    #Odds and quads

  3. Appointments

    Monash/University of WarwickAndrew CoatsThe new academic alliance between Monash University and the University of Warwick has appointed Andrew Coats to the inaugural positions of academic vice-...

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  5. 27 September 2012

    Hole in the figures - Why student loan regime may not add up

  6. Savages

    A violent, drug-addled reworking of Star Wars is an authentic work by a controversial auteur but lacks the bite of his earlier films, argues Duncan Wu

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    #Film
    #With image

  7. Red alert

    Is the new student loans system an affordable, progressive system of graduate contributions - or a dodgy move to get debt off the books that could bring grave fiscal consequences? John Morgan sifts...

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  8. Synonym and antonym

    Freedom and Liberty are not the same, finds Felipe Fernández-Armesto

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    #Felipe Fernandez Armesto
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  9. Breeding leaders

    A handful of universities have produced more than their share of vice-chancellors. Jack Grove looks at how these centres have nurtured talented leaders

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  10. More scrutiny at the margin is a must

    "Coalition failed to heed Ucas' AAB warnings" (News, 20 September) does not address the most serious issue arising from the government policies introduced for 2012-13 entry. It was always recognised...

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  11. Men against boys

    Sociologist Robert K. Merton's "Matthew effect" (ie, "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer") leads us to expect top academics to set up a system of evaluation that cements their position. So...

    #Letters

  12. Gabriel Vahanian, 1927-2012

    A theologian who stirred up a storm of controversy with his theories about "the death of God" has died.Gabriel Vahanian was born into an Armenian family in Marseilles, France, on 24 January 19. He...

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  13. THE Scholarly Web

    Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

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    #THE Scholarly Web

  14. Campus round-up

    Royal Holloway, University of LondonGold-letter day for alma materA postbox on a university campus has been painted gold to honour a graduate's success at the London Paralympics. Sophie Christiansen...

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