Bran Nue Dae
Musical-loathing Duncan Wu is won over by the bright-hued cheek of an Aboriginal song and dance
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Daytime TV: Buon appetito
Old flames quaff too much Chianti over lunch, says Gary Day, while a copycat killer stalks the East End
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Diary
BirminghamCardinal John Henry NewmanCardinal Newman (1801-90), who was beatified on 19 September by Pope Benedict XVI, had close connections with the city of Birmingham, where he founded the Oratory...
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The Pick - Hues and cries turned inside out
Turner Prize 2010Tate BritainUntil 3 January 2011This year's Turner Prize nominees, whose work is now on display at Tate Britain in London, are well chosen to arouse the usual mixture of enthusiasm,...
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More and more and more
Our vice-chancellor has described the 35 per cent increase in managerial staff at Poppleton during the past four years as "a most promising development".He told our reporter, Keith Ponting (30), that...
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Not just how, but why
Insight and independent thinking are truly vocational skills, argues Alan Ryan
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste - Often absent, ever near
For years, Valmagne in the South of France is the place Bernard Ramanantsoa has escaped to for light, freedom and a reminder of Christian morality
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Leader: A gamble on the market
Lord Browne's review could herald a bloody shake-out and damage the fabric of a sector that 'matters' to all of society
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From where I sit - World-class aims demand quality
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010-11 featured six universities from mainland China, two from Turkey and none from India. The easiest defence for India is to attack the...
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Georges Charpak, 1924-2010
A Nobel prizewinning physicist who greatly enhanced our ability to derive useful information from atom-smashing experiments has died.According to a speech he gave last year, Georges Charpak was born...
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Research intelligence - Beyond the shadows
With priorities in mind, new ESRC chief looks past the fiscal gloom towards opportunity. Paul Jump reports
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Don't be afraid to share
Social media allow users to share information about themselves and their interests. Sarah Cunnane examines their role in the academy
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Face values
Most Facebook users have not, as is often charged, lost their sense of appropriate behaviour; rather, the site has relaxed some social rules, argues Kathleen Richardson
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Sustainable pensions, passionate debate 2
It is hard not to chuckle when reading that employers prefer a "narrative" consultation to one where votes for and against pension changes are actually counted ("Pensions powwow set to begin as union...