Fight to get a foot on ladder in malework site
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Soeurs still to see true liberté and égalité
From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women
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Path to the stars drawn on the walls
The Buddhist Murals of Pagan
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Murderous leaders who won citizens' hearts
The Dictators
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The holy rage of people who live by the letter of the Word
God's Last Words - Fundamentalism
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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 work described by its author as a 'novel in verse': "Of writing many books there is no end; And I...
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Social climbers wed to turmoil
Fortune's Daughters
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A Tom Jones tour of the past
Lascivious Bodies
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Lecturing duo bank on cheap laughs
Many academics may feel higher education is short on laughs, but two lecturers are doing their best to inject humour not only into their courses but also into the community at large. Bela Arora, a...
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King's punished for closure
The dangers of axeing science departments were driven home to universities this week when it emerged that King's College London had lost out on a multimillion-pound research partnership because it...
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'I'm looking forward to making this a memorable year for physics'
Robert Kirby-Harris comes to the Institute of Physics from Kew, but his links to physics go back a long way As physics is devastated by declining student popularity and an ongoing series of course...
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On the move
Manchester University has appointed: Geraint Vaughan, formerly professor at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, professor of atmospheric science; Matti Häyry, former professor and head of the...
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Chaplains to fight ministerial heresy
The Church of England is preparing to defend higher education against the Government's "utilitarian" focus, backed by an ecumenical army of chaplains. The General Synod this week called on the Church...
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50% target a shadow of original idea
Newly released papers reveal ministers' doubts over flagship policies launched five years ago Ministers watered down their initial plans to expand student numbers amid concerns about costs and...
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One flagship sunk, the other not yet dead in the water
Newly released papers reveal ministers' doubts over flagship policies launched five years ago Exactly five years ago this Tuesday morning, one steeply tiered lecture theatre at Greenwich University...