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Underlying disorders: The financial health of UK higher education institutions
Universities' accounts seem fairly healthy, but it's no indication of future well-being. Using an exclusive analysis of the sector's financial statements for 2009-10 by Grant Thornton, Simon Baker...
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Deep Secrets: Boys' Friendships and the Crisis of Connection
Deborah Cameron considers the harm that our current constructions of masculinity do to men
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The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as if the Future Matters
Howard Davies wants more detail on policies to leave the world in a fit state for our descendants
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Genetic Justice: DNA Data Banks, Criminal Investigations, and Civil Liberties
Sir Alec Jeffreys developed DNA profiling in the genetics department at the University of Leicester during the mid-1980s, revolutionising forensic science and stimulating a sizeable popular...
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Bismarck: A Life
In many respects, the career of Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of the German Empire, reflected the onset of modern times. His background as a rural aristocrat, and his particular hold on...
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Theories of International Politics and Zombies
Could political theories be applied to an invasion of flesh-eaters? Stephanie Lawson finds out
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Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life Beyond Our Solar System
Just 20 years ago, we knew of only one planetary system in the entire cosmos: our own family of eight planets. In the week I wrote this review, we discovered our 5th planet orbiting a distant star...
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King Stephen
Biography is a challenging form for a medievalist. The wealth of sources that modern historians take for granted in shaping portraits of their protagonists as private individuals as well as public...
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News in Brief
AustraliaCould UK's loss be others' gain?Changes to the UK's visa system may provide an opportunity for Australian institutions to strengthen their position in the global market for students. The...
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Romania calls on EUA help to split sector
Broad reforms will see different missions attract varying levels of funding. Matthew Reisz reports
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Year-abroad language study at risk, expert warns
Foreign-language degrees that include a compulsory year abroad are known to be highly rewarding for students and attractive to potential employers.Yet grave concerns have been expressed about the...
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Blogconfidential: Tinker, tailor, student, spy
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Tinker, tailor, student, spy
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Appointments
Royal College of ArtJane AlexanderA lawyer who has been appointed pro rector at the Royal College of Art has said her new role is the culmination of efforts that began with a master's degree as a...
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Wrong kind of competitive tension threatens FE options
AoC warning as validating universities withdraw from college partnerships. Hannah Fearn writes