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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 sensational novel by an American Nobel laureate who spent most of his life in Oxford: "From beyond...
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Misshapen but not that abnormal
Mutants
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Still wondering how to grow a new limb
Jacob's Ladder
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Research Grants
Deadline: 30/12/2004
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A modern Socratic gadfly?
A. C. Grayling straddles academic philosophy and journalism, as he explains to michael North When philosopher A. C. Grayling says, “If you really understand something, you can state it clearly,” it...
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Supertext
The textbook that changed my life It was Bible thick and buff bound with the figure of a mounted knight picked out in black and red on the cover. At six years old I had never held a book quite like...
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Issue index page
Latest Issue No 19: November 26 2004 Politics Languages & linguistics Mathematics & physics Engineering Psychology and psychiatry No 18: May 28 2004 ...
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Rescue for top-rated staff only
A Government promise to protect nationally important but vulnerable academic subjects may extend only to the top research-intensive university departments, The Times Higher can reveal. The approach...
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When a frozen bird can make geeks hot
Mathematicians were taught to solve one of their most challenging problems this week: how not to be avoided at parties, writes Anna Fazackerley. Rob Eastaway, an author of popular maths books, gave...
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'It's been like putting together a jigsaw puzzle over the years'
Joe McGeehan, of Bristol University, was recognised this week for pioneering work in mobile communications Every time you make or receive a call on your mobile phone, you have Bristol University's...
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On the move ...
* Nottingham University has appointed Gary England foundation dean of its new Veterinary School. He is currently chief veterinary officer and head of science at Guide Dogs for the Blind and a former...
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PhDs push for status change
European campaigners are pushing for employment status for all PhDs in a move that could have major implications for young British academics and universities. Eurodoc, the European-wide organisation...
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Scientists call for a little bit of glamour
Ally McBeal has inspired a new generation of sassy female lawyers, but we need to create equally glamorous characters to draw young women into science and engineering, television producers were told...
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Offa set for early fee plans
Universities look set to finalise plans for tuition fees and bursaries in 2006 by January - two months before the deadline. The Office for Fair Access revealed this week that a "great majority" of...