TV & radio guide - Wednesday
When Knights Were Bold (3.45 R4). Michael Rosen with part three of his survey of history in children’s fiction. "Empire’s Finest" - Henty, Kipling, etc. Thinking Allowed (4.00 R4). Fred Halliday of...
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Latest international news
Extra cash helps plug Russian brain drain Russia is to pump an extra $60 million (£41.5 million) into salaries and technical facilities, housing and conferences next year to help plug the under-40s...
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Latest UK news
Staff take action to protest pay offer Academics and university support staff from five trade unions are taking part in a national day of action against the latest pay offer from vice-...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES The government has decided against bringing forward new measures in the Queen's speech to crack down on militant animal rights activists THE GUARDIAN John Gray, professor of European...
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TV & radio guide - Tuesday
Solitude - Choosing to be Alone (11.00 am R4). Peter France with the first of two programmes on hermits, monks and others who have experienced solitude. When Knights Were Bold (3.45 R4). Michael...
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Higher education appointments
University of Portsmouth Wolfram Kaiser has been appointed professor of European studies. He has previously been a senior research fellow and lecturer at the Universities of Edinburgh, Vienna, Paris...
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Higher education grants
The University of Huddersfield The following have received research grants: P. Barnes , £181,294 from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (new metal carbon coated ceramic...
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Latest international news
Italian men shirk from shrinks A study by Rome’s La Sapienza University has revealed that 75 per cent of Italian males between 25 and 55 who sought psychiatric treatment were accompanied by...
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Latest UK news
Health professionals get £6 million boost The government has announced a £6 million package to support the training and careers of health professionals. The National Health Service plans to increase...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Harvard Business School and Stanford University are exploring plans to develop and deliver online courses in executive and management education. DAILY TELEGRAPH Scientists from...
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TV & radio guide - Monday
Composer of the Week (9.00 am R3 and rest of week) is Brahms. Start the Week (9.00 am R4). Featuring Margaret Drabble on George Orwell, and Peter Linebaugh on early American history. Book of the Week...
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TV & radio guide - Sunday
The Two Cultures? (2.25 am C4) What science can tell us about our appreciation of art. Oxford art historian Martin Kemp and UCL psychologist Chris McManus are among the experts. (Interesting repeat...
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TV & radio guide - Saturday
The Medieval Ball (2.30 R4). Terry Jones (ex-Monty Python Chaucer enthusiast) begins a four-part series examining how the medieval world saw itself through its maps, with Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa...
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V-c departure angers staff
Staff at the University of Northumbria say their vice-chancellor has destabilised the institution by announcing that he will be leaving next year, following a clash with his board of governors....
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Peer finds way to modify man
Powerful techniques to create transgenic animals and humans and to isolate stem cells from their tissue have been patented by Lord Winston, the Labour peer and Imperial College scientist. The new...