The Global Forest: 40 Ways Trees Can Save Us
A tribute to trees and the diverse nature of their impact on our lives is no revelation to Jules Pretty
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Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I
One scenario of the road to war in 1914 depicts early 20th-century Europe as cracking beneath a serene exterior as it was riven by divisive forces: nationalism no longer in harmony with liberalism,...
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Living Death in Medieval French and English Literature
What happens when the Twilight zone of vampires and zombies comes up against the eternal afterlife? What is the function of the "living dead" when there is no death?These are largely philosophical...
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All set to shatter glass ceilings but not to start a revolution
The first female head of the EUA lays out the aims of her three-year presidency. Hannah Fearn reports
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News in brief
Sri LankaCampus closed after clashesA Sri Lankan university had to be temporarily closed after students clashed with police. The incident at the Eastern University of Sri Lanka was caused by protests...
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Blogconfidential: Recipe for disaster
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Recipe for disaster
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Appointments
New York University in LondonGary SlapperA law professor who has helped turn The Open University into the biggest law school in Europe is joining New York University's London outpost. Gary Slapper,...
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Top 20 nations in psychiatry and psychology
Top 20 nations in psychiatry and psychologyData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000-December 2010 CountryPapers %3Cb%3ECitations%3C/b%3E%3Cb%3ECitations...
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Taking the credit: the rise and rise of private SLC income
Threefold increase in private colleges' public loans since advent of top-up fees. Simon Baker reports
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FE colleges plan to offer degrees for less than £6K
Dozens of further education colleges will offer degrees for less than £6,000 a year from 2012-13, while from the following year private providers may be able to charge £9,000 backed by state funding...
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Undeadly serious outreach work
Zombie Institute aims to invade prospective science students' brains. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Groundbreaking tribute: female scholars excavate land of their foremothers
Pioneering female academics who forged links between experimental and theoretical physics, revolutionised our understanding of ethical communities and even unearthed the bones of a pygmy hippopotamus...
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Will cases open as courses close?
London Met's bonfire of the humanities may spark breach of contract concerns. John Morgan writes
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Zip code: AUA searches for the right metaphor
The division between academics and university administrators persists despite attempts to bring the two camps closer together, an international study suggests.
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American administrator sounds for-profit warning
US private providers damaging sector by exploiting students, it is claimed. Hannah Fearn reports