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Sociologist author in a small pond celebrates the overlooked heroes. Matthew Reisz writes
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News in brief
Scholarship awardsManchester seeks elite for PhDsThe University of Manchester is to offer more than 100 "elite" PhD scholarships a year over the next four years. The President's Doctoral Scholar...
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Charitably minded watchdog frets over for-profits
Any attempt to legislate to make it easier for private companies to take over universities could be challenged by one of the government's own watchdogs, it has emerged.
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Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination
Paul Binski savours some magnificent illuminated books collected by English kings and queens - take a long, close look, he advises
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Diary
SunderlandKith and Kin: New Glass and CeramicsGlass and ceramics both have strong roots in the North East of England and have been taught together at the University of Sunderland for many years. This...
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The Pick - Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan
Credit: Study for The Last SupperLeonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of MilanNational Gallery, London, until 5 February 2012Leonardo arrived at the court of Ludovico Sforza in Milan in around...
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Mistake costs us top mark
Our university secured yet another first place last week.A report into stress at work carried out by the University and College Union found that 81 per cent of higher education members surveyed are...
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Oxford denies that L'Oréal has hold over sponsored marketing chair
'Unfortunately phrased' ad endangers academic freedom, it is claimed. John Morgan reports
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TV reviews: Top Boy & Search for Satan
The harsh realities of the drug business on a Hackney estate give Gary Day food for thought
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Film review: The British Guide to Showing Off
The glamour, the imagination, the fabulous frocks - as Will Brooker says, we can all be queens for a day
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Katrina Honeyman, 1950-2011
An inspirational mentor, an exceptionally productive academic and a dedicated fan of Arsenal Football Club, Katrina Honeyman was popular with staff and students alike.Born in London on 18 June 1950,...
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Appointments
University of Central LancashirePhilip DyerThe University of Central Lancashire has appointed an alumnus as its first entrepreneur in residence. Philip Dyer, chairman of NXO and regional president of...
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Odds and quads: The University of Leeds International Textiles Archive
The University of Leeds International Textiles Archive includes embroidery, fibres, stencils and pattern books, slides of processing equipment and stunning fabrics from places as far afield as...
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Research Intelligence - Phantom and parasitical menaces
Ghost- and guest writing raise a host of concerns for medical scholarship. Paul Jump reports
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Leader: Whoa! You forgot the road map
In its reckless rush for change, the government is endangering the charitable public-interest mission at the sector's core