Egypt: A Short History
Robert Tignor, recently retired from a chair in history at Princeton University, has a well-established reputation as a historian of British colonialism in Africa, particularly Egypt, Kenya and...
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Terrorizing Women: Feminicide in the Americas
Recently I watched a very disturbing film, The Stoning of Soraya M. Based on a true story, the 2008 film depicts the murder in the mid-1980s of an Iranian woman by her husband, her father, her young...
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News in Brief
CanadaCheers for 310 new chairsA C$5.6 million (£173 million) injection of funds for science and technology research aims to put Canada among the world leaders in those fields. Tony Clement, the...
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Older, wiser, jobless: US adults drawn by degrees
Jon Marcus reports from Seattle on efforts to coax mature students via credit for career experience
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Grant Winners
EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCILStarting Grant CompetitionAlmost €580 million (£491 million) has been awarded by the ERC in its third Starting Grant Competition. The awards of up to €2 million each are...
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Blogconfidential: Should I stay or should I go?
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Should I stay or should I go?
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Appointments
University of HullTina OvertonA professor of chemistry education who left "boring" industry for academia has been elected president of the education division at the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)....
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Campus round-up
Institute of EducationTake care with their educationMany young people who have been in care fail to get to university because of "an overriding lack of support". A five-country study, led by...
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Odds and quads
This striking black costume was used in The Brilliant and the Dark, a cantata for female voices composed for the National Federation of Women's Institutes by Australian composer Malcolm Williamson to...
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Capital pains: axe to fall as BIS plans to share the losses
Minister expects 44% cut to be shared equally across department's portfolio. Paul Jump writes
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Peer welcomes Browne lead but demands watchdog be let off leash
QAA reform needed to ensure that fees and quality rise in step, Lord Willis tells Rebecca Attwood
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The Week in Higher Education
Fresh from alienating thousands of students and schoolchildren with its plans for higher tuition fees, the coalition government now finds itself with another foe: Miss England. Jessica Linley, who is...
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Fees pioneers map coalition wrong turns
Loans architect and Browne panellist spot flaws in reforms. John Morgan and Simon Baker report
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'Doomsday scenario': private access to student support may cost academy
Places at established universities could be cut to accommodate the government's plan to open up higher education to more private provision, it has been suggested.The "doomsday scenario" was...
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Listless reply to USS consultation
Employers and critics offer divergent interpretation of 1 per cent response rate. John Morgan reports