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Apologies to Thucydides
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Coming of age in alpha male-ville
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Keep alive pet student and claim free digs
You can feed them a balanced diet, get them to tidy up, maybe have a shower or even write an essay - anything, as long as you keep your virtual student alive. Inspired by virtual pet games, a charity...
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Top-ups may fund pay rises
Universities plan to spend three quarters of the income they gain from top-up fees on staff and facilities, with some institutions handing little more than a tenth of the extra cash to needy students...
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'British elections used to be rites of passage, festivals of democracy'
Academic and BBC polling-day stalwart Anthony King laments the slump in British turnout of recent years Election night holds no guarantees for the parties, but one certainty is the BBC's reliance on...
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On the move
* Mark Swenarton , architectural historian and co-founder of journals Architecture Today and EcoTech , has been appointed professor and head of the department of architecture at Oxford Brookes...
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Physicists build up critical mass
A new alliance of top Scots researchers aims to rival world-renowned physics centres, says Olga Wojtas Scottish physicists have banded together to form what they claim to be the largest research...
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High-flyers lured south
Scottish universities face the threat of a brain drain to the south, a Scottish principal has warned, writes Olga Wojtas. English universities, bolstered by the prospect of future income from top-up...
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Parties still reluctant to field female candidates
The major political parties still suffer from "very deep-rooted discriminatory attitudes", with local selection committees reluctant to choose female candidates, according to new research, writes...
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Next week
TERRY PRATCHETT In an original satire by Terry Pratchett, the wizards of the Unseen University face their stiffest test to date - widening participation, research assessment and ethics committees...
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Merger moves ahead
The national executive of lecturers' union Natfhe has formally agreed to recommend a merger with the Association of University Teachers. Delegates to its annual conference later this month will be...
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Female first at Oxford
Oxford University has appointed its first female registrar since the office was established 550 years ago. Julie Maxton follows John Hood, the vice-chancellor, in being headhunted from the University...
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St Andrews film debut
Scotland's oldest university, St Andrews, is establishing a department of film studies. Dina Iordanova, the department's head, said that although academic prejudice against film studies was dwindling...