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  1. Don's diary: 94 books, 30 days, 1 prize

    March I am beginning to wonder whether this was such a good idea. Judging the AventisScience Book prize sounded rather prestigious, but looking at the four hugeboxes of books that have just arrived,...

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  2. Grave shortages

    Times are hard for universities, so institutions are becoming accustomed to developing novel ways of raising funds. Reading University has decided to sell some of its disused land and has made...

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  3. A full-bore physicist

    Some THES readers may have heard about the furore whipped up in the newspapers over a television show called Big Brother. Now, former contestant and physics graduate Jon Tickle is to be offered a...

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  4. Lucky brush with philosophy

    Universities may not realise it, but the key to widening participation lies right on their doorstep. David Dunleavey, aged 40, has just graduated from St Andrews University with a degree in...

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  5. Crazy building blocks

    Members of the House of Commons select committee on education were in Prague this week to attend the European Access Network's annual conference. While David Chaytor, Labour MP for Bury North, was...

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  7. Power to the people

    Manchester merger plans threaten democratic university governance, warns Paul Cammack The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the University of Manchester are due this...

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  10. First Impressions

    This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work much admired by Oscar Wilde: "Judging by the few portraits preserved in the Chteau de Lourps,...

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