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Students to choose their university after A level Pupils who achieve higher than predicted A-level grades will be encouraged to apply for places at better universities under reforms to be announced...
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Ambassadors to the blogosphere
The New Public Diplomacy
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A patriot, not a scoundrel
Sir Arthur Bryant and National History in Twentieth-Century Britain
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The nations that speak violence unto other nations
Deadly Connections - Inheriting Syria
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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 prize-winning novel by a writer who grew up in Egypt: "'I'm writing a history of the world,' she...
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What's on the horizon for the superpower?
American Power in the 21st Century - The United States and the Great Powers
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On the bus of truth and sorrow
Kosova Express
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Swingers and blood sacrifice
Polytheism and Society at Athens
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In full moon, a heart may race - or not
Genes and Behaviour
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How to preach to the unconverted
Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion
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The anvil, but not those hammered
The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion
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The spa or pool after a hard day in class?
It could be mistaken for a plush hotel with its spa, steam room, Jacuzzi and deluxe rooms. But it is in fact Britain's most luxurious student digs - Wilmslow Park hall of residence in Manchester. The...
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Weary Ucea set to pull offer
Employers' body may bow out and leave vice-chancellors to settle locally. Phil Baty and Anthea Lipsett report Employers are poised to withdraw their national 12.6 per cent pay offer to academics and...
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Tony Harmar
Tony Harmar has been appointed to the oldest pharmacology chair in the UK at Edinburgh University Tony Harmar, head of Edinburgh University's School of Biomedical Sciences, has been appointed to the...