A man for all seasons who summed up the Kosmos
Alexander von Humboldt
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The best of all possible words
Voltaire Almighty
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Cuts from life of dog tattooer
Altman on Altman
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Poor man's hero, politicians' bane
W. Arthur Lewis and the Birth of Development Economics
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novelist who once worked as a merchant seaman on an oil tanker: "These were the last things, she...
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It's more than all right for some
Rich Britain
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Pressed for Time? Try string theory with a slightly shorter piece of string
A Briefer History of Time
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Entente less than cordiale
That Sweet Enemy - The Almost Impossible Ally - Instructions for British Servicemen in France 1944
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UCU anger at Leeds Met's glitzy graduation
The class of 2006 at Leeds Metropolitan University this week enjoyed some of the glitziest graduation ceremonies in the country, complete with a light show and giant-screen televisions, all presented...
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Will cash deals fill courses?
A Times Higher investigation finds that students are being told discounts may be offered in clearing, writes Lee Elliot Major Staff at several universities have told prospective students that they...
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'We send them out with a cocktail of technical depth and business breadth'
Cambridge professor Nick Oliver is returning to Edinburgh University to lead its management school It looks like boom time for business education at Edinburgh University. Nick Oliver, of Cambridge...
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On the move...
Paul Wellings , vice-chancellor of Lancaster University; Dianne Willcocks , principal of York St John University; and Alastair Balls , chief executive of the International Centre for Life, have been...
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Congrats! She's a chip off the old block
Expectant mothers may long to be like Noelle, Sheffield Hallam University's new robot, who can give birth at "warp speed". Noelle, who is thought to be the first training tool of her kind in higher...
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Tories: £2bn access drive is a 'failure'
The Government's costly drive to encourage poor pupils to go to university has run aground. Claire Sanders reports The Conservatives are calling for a complete rethink on widening participation after...
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'Community of scholars' crumbling
The "community of scholars" in higher education is under threat because changes imposed by policy-makers and university managers have left academics with an identity crisis, researchers argued this...