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When the digging stopped
Source: KobalArchaeologists do it deeper“A Eureka moment.” That was how our professor of archaeology, Mortimer Wheelbarrow, described the result of his latest dig at a site in the East Midlands area....
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Odds and quads - 8 August 2013
This 400-year-old Bible is probably the most infamous of the rare religious books and manuscripts held in the University of Leicester’s Robjohns Collection
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News in brief - 8 August 2013
Higher Education AcademyMarshall commands top jobThe deputy head of the Higher Education Academy has taken over its helm. Stephanie Marshall, who was formerly deputy chief executive (research and...
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Campus round-up - 8 August 2013
Source: Johan ReinhardGateway drugs to sacrificeChildren sacrificed by the Incas were sedated with alcohol and cocaine, archaeologists have confirmed. A team from the University of Bradford analysed...
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THE Scholarly Web - 8 August 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Appointments - 8 August 2013
University of MelbourneKaren Day“All Australians abroad speak of ‘going home’: this is how it feels to me,” said Karen Day, who has been appointed dean of science at the University of Melbourne, her...
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David Solomon, 1923-2013
“A legendary figure at UCLA” who proved a pioneer in geriatric medicine has died
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Trouble next door
Owing to a common language and geographical proximity, but also because of low tuition fees and comparatively low entrance requirements, Austria’s universities are extremely popular with German...
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Grant winners - 8 August 2013
Economic and Social Research CouncilTransformative Research Call: ‘Transforming’ Social ScienceMaximum limit of £250,000; will run for 18 months.Award winner: Laura CramInstitution: University of...
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Students and scholars in tweet harmony
Sian Lawson on how to align expectations in the social media age
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Sporting fanatics
US universities feel the white-line fever
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Lucky for some
So, life has been good to those studying the humanities at the University of Oxford between 1960 and 1989, a survey shows (“Quids pro quo: see, the humanities pay”, News, 11 July). Now there’s a...
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Song remains the same
It was useful to know that “language learners who sing phrases in a foreign tongue can recall them better than those who simply speak them” (“Lyrical linguists”, Campus round-up, 1 August). The only...
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Criminalising protest
I take issue with a number of the points made by Geraldine Van Bueren in “Making waves” (Opinion, 11 July).It is inaccurate to say that Trenton Oldfield, the Boat Race protester, did not act...