Whither Luther and the good book
Jennie Brookman (THES, January 12) reported on the discovery of an old Latin Bible that is supposed to be Martin Luther's personal copy, which he used at Wartburg to render the New Testament into the...
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Don's Diary
MONDAY. It is seven weeks since I arrived in Bratislava, but I am still trying to find the social work department, one of two in which my European chair, organised by the Institute for Human Sciences...
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The placebo dilemma
Jack Howell (THES, January 19) suggests that an alternative therapy is not invalidated if it improves a medical condition by "the placebo effect". This contradicts his earlier view that a double-...
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The sprint into print
Whatever else is being cut back in the thrifty 1990s, it certainly isn't investment in university presses. John Davies reports. Edinburgh has one but Glasgow hasn't. Durham hasn't but Exeter has....
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Explain tarot and learn to teach
As manager of the Kingsway Centre and the person responsible for the alternative cultures courses in our leisure programme for this year, I feel I should answer some of the points you made (Opinion,...
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Chock-a-block
(Photograph) - Chock-a-block: New York based artist Ik-Joong Kang with "Buddha eating chocolate", one of the exhibits at his "I am not what I am" exhibition that opened at Leeds Metropolitan...
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Nigerian chemist forced to quit Britain
A Nigerian PhD student conducting important research in to renewable natural resources at Bradford University is being forced to leave the United Kingdom and abandon his work. Jonathan Obaje is a...
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Ministers eye tuition fees
Alternative funding for higher education, including tuition fees, is needed if expansion is to continue, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development education ministers have agreed. In a...
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Double-or-quit threat to science
The Government has launched an Pounds 18 million scheme for funding research equipment in the hope that its investment will be doubled from private sources. Universities will be allowed to bid for...
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Loan Bill survives exodus
Mature student drop-outs worry vice chancellors. Drop-out rates are still outpacing the growth in student numbers, a new survey shows. Drop-outs rose by 10 per cent to 54,000 in the 1994/95 academic...
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Sizing up the quality
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has decided to join discussions on the creation of a new higher education quality agency. The council decided that its chief executive, John Sizer, would...
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Sulphate strings could save sight for thousands
Scientists at Lancaster University hope their work on a little known carbohydrate called keratan sulphate will help save the sight of thousands of people. Its importance is only now being appreciated...
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Advertisers eat their words on family diet
Families perceive television advertising as having only a marginal influence on children's diets. The myth that parents are waging a continual battle to ensure their offspring eat healthily is also...
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Afrikaaner who runs with ANC ball
Easy platitudes about national unity have accompanied the rugby World Cup in South Africa like a theme tune, but when Andre Odendaal says "the excitement and the range of people who have been...
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End near for Asian dispute
A five-month dispute between Asian community leaders and Handsworth College in Birmingham was being resolved this week after disagreements over payments to tutors which could total Pounds 180,000....