Smart by name, smart by nature
Is the idea of a telepathic tabby completely barking? Rupert Sheldrake says his experiments prove that pets have paranormal powers, but Susan Blackmore, right, is one of several academics disputing...
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If the truth is out there, we've not found it yet
Is the idea of a telepathic tabby completely barking? Rupert Sheldrake says his experiments prove that pets have paranormal powers, but Susan Blackmore, right, is one of several academics disputing...
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Germans prune cultural offshoots
The 250th anniversary of Goethe's birth hasn't stopped Berlin taking a funding axe to the institutes that bear his name. Jennie Brookman reports. Former German chancellor Willy Brandt called the...
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The reX files
Is the idea of a telepathic tabby completely barking? Rupert Sheldrake says his experiments prove that pets have paranormal powers, but Susan Blackmore, right, is one of several academics disputing...
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Soya beans are political hot potatoes
The green mob that shouted down geneticist Steve Jones (left) makes him fear for the future of GM foods. He tells Kam Patel the problem is not one of science. Recently the geneticist and popular...
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Sits. vac Pounds 98,000m (no popes please)
If you want to earn big money as an academic - go east. Dino Mahoney moved to Hong Kong, which, despite the Asian crash, still pays the highest academic salaries in the world. The one question...
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Hong Kong, or Fragrant Harbour, is not perhaps as aromatic as it once was but jobs are available, the pay is high and tax is only 15 per cent
Sits.vac:Pounds 98,000 (no popes please): * What it costs and what you earn. Low tax rates, excellent benefits and generous salaries all add up to make Hong Kong, at first glance, a very attractive...
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Higher channels
Tom Davies scans the schedules. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week A Walk through Weimar: From Heaven through the World to Hell (from Saturday, 2.00 R3). Radio 3's "Weimar Weekend" begins...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in the TES: Natalie Fenton argued that academics were right to take industrial action over this year's pay claim: Gerald Vinten Deputy dean and professor of management Southampton Business...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in the TES: Reg Jordan argued that medical students should study unorthodox medicine: Christopher C. French, Head of department, Department of psychology Goldsmiths College, London To...
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Net censors sought
The Australian Broadcasting Authority is advertising for staff to help it implement a controversial new federal censorship law. The authority has been given the job of filtering out pornographic...
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Colleges predict AS level apathy
Ministers' planned revolution in sixth-form study next year could be ruined by university conservatism and apathy, college and school leaders have warned. Funding shortfalls could also undermine the...
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Sofia
More than 14,000 hopeful students applied for 4,200 places at Sofia University in the Bulgarian capital. At the University of National and World Economy about 19,000 applicants were chasing 3,300...
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The THES diary
Bus ride to millions. The University of Abertay Dundee has launched a gloomy student recruitment campaign with the slogan "One of Abertay's graduates now works on the buses". Not quite so gloomy when...
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Cambridge Massachusetts
Harvard University has admitted that it misclassified many employees as temporary instead of full-time, cheating them of benefits and salary raises. The university said it will put things right,...