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Odds and quads: the Cordwainers College Historic Shoe Collection
These shoes are among 650 pairs that were once used as teaching aids and now comprise the Cordwainers College Historic Shoe Collection.
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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5 May 2011
The malady of research - Science is not doing enough to ensure the truth will out
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By royal decree: the zombie orgy is off
The royal wedding demanded a topsy-turvy carnival of sex and symbolic slaughter, says Camilla Power, but trying to exercise a human right to ritual participation landed her in jail
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St Andrews finds ‘no evidence’ of improper links with Syrian state
The University of St Andrews has issued a robust response to a national newspaper’s allegation that it has inappropriate links to the Syrian regime.
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No surprise, and several big ones, as Canada’s Harper is re-elected
In an election outcome that surprised both political scientists and the public, Canada’s pro-business Conservative Party has formed a majority government for the first time since 1988.
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Funding reforms are ‘very dangerous’, parliamentary committee hears
The head of the Sutton Trust has told a cross-party group of MPs that the government’s higher education reforms are “totally out of line” with the rest of the world.
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Tara Brabazon: Seismic shocks to information infrastructures
Tragedies are worms that burrow deep into memories. We carry postcards from our past into the present, but when disaster strikes a city we know well, memories crumple, twist, decay and dissolve.In...
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Inside Higher Ed: Out of the Club
By Libby A. Nelson and Doug Lederman, for Inside Higher Ed
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Academy seeks cash and commitment as Canada heads to the poll
As Canada prepares for its fourth general election in seven years, its university sector is doing its utmost to ensure that higher education is a key priority for the main parties.
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Anthropologists arrested over ‘mock execution’ plans
Two academics said to have been planning an anti-monarchy mock execution at Westminster Abbey were arrested ahead of the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton in London.
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Price of progress: former minister defends Plymouth fees
A former higher education minister who is now leading a post-1992 university’s student experience strategy has defended the institution’s decision to charge tuition fees of £9,000 for the 2012-13...
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Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America
Lynne Segal is appalled by US experiences of the coming of age, but cheered by the hope of change
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The Big Society: The Anatomy of the New Politics
Too much rhetoric in the coalition's central tenet leaves Vernon Bogdanor worried for the future