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The week in books
Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels by Janet Soskice, university reader in philosophical theology and fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge. Chatto and Windus, £18.99, ISBN...
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Star Trek
A work of science-fiction trivia transports Gary Day to a place lacking in intellectual atmosphere
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Bringing Down the House: The Crisis in Britain's Regional Theatres
This is a book about the history of the Arts Council and an assessment of regional theatre in Britain. Its subject is that much-visited battleground where funding bodies and artists meet to nervously...
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Islam and Peacemaking in the Middle East
Samuel Huntington's thesis of a "clash of civilisations", formulated as the Cold War ended, has proved to be one of the most influential ideas in international-relations theory. Among political...
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Published this week
ART AND DESIGN- Louis H. Sullivan and a 19th-Century Poetics of Naturalized ArchitectureBy Lauren S. Weingarden, associate professor of art history, Florida State University. Ashgate, £65.00. ISBN...
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Peace process
Sociology is shifting from studies of class to forgiveness, and John Brewer, the next president of the BSA, is in the vanguard
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Appointments
Petra Wend is to become the next principal of Queen Margaret University when Anthony Cohen retires at the end of the academic year. Currently deputy vice-chancellor (academic) and deputy chief...
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University of Leeds - Leading by example
The vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds and his senior management team have pledged not to accept a pay rise this year. In his "Leader column" on the university's website, Michael Arthur...
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Leeds Metropolitan University - Settlement in race claim
Leeds Metropolitan University has settled a race discrimination claim with John Samuel, a lecturer and business development manager at Leeds Met Africa, the university's network for supporting...
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University of Cambridge - Brought to book
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is planning to cut more than 150 jobs. The union Unite is protesting the move, describing CUP's decision to cut the jobs in its printing division and publishing...
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University of Bristol - Veterinary pioneers
A new veterinary clinic was launched this month at the University of Bristol. Bristol is the first university to run its clinical services through a wholly-owned subsidiary company, Langford...
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Liverpool/Durham - Fresh material
A football-shaped molecule has been used to create a new material for research into how superconductors could be used to transmit electricity and cut global energy consumption. Scientists at the...
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Edge Hill University - Numbers add up
Research by academics at Edge Hill University suggests that an intensive-learning scheme to teach mathematics to children who are finding it difficult to grasp works. The Numbers Count scheme was...
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University of Birmingham - Cast in Crimson
Engineers at the University of Birmingham have invented a new casting process that could reduce the energy costs of light-metal foundries. The new technology, known as the Constrained Rapid Induction...