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HISTORYLeprosy in China: A History. By Angela Ki Che Leung, research fellow at the Academia Sinica of Taipei and professor of history, National Taiwan University. Columbia University Press, £29.50....
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Clinging on to their marbles
Peter Stone on a last-gasp defence of the rich Western museums hoarding the world's cultural heritage
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The 'Woman Question' and Higher Education: Perspectives on Gender and Knowledge Production in America
Professor Plum is attempting to do in Ms Peacock in the library with a pen. Despite the successes of the women's movement of the 1960s and 1970s in opening university doors to women students, 19th-...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Aberdeen
1. Clinical Skills for OSCEs by Neel L. Burton and Kuldip Birdi. Informa, £50.99. ISBN 97818418461632. Collins Concise English Dictionary. Collins, £20.00. ISBN 97800072611233. Dictionary of...
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Monstrous intelligence
Pamela Clemit on the electrifying hum of ideas that jolted Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to life
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The Cinema of Neil Jordan: Dark Carnival
Quite a few film directors have written novels - Orson Welles, Jean Renoir, Erich von Stroheim, to name some of the most eminent - but it's rare for an established novelist to sidestep into film...
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The Making of FDR: The Story of Stephen T. Early, America's First Modern Press Secretary
Franklin D. Roosevelt was one of the most effective communicators ever to occupy the Oval Office. A masterful performer, he could be by turns loquacious, taciturn, charming and infuriating. Herbert...
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Book of the Week: In an Abusive State
Joanna Bourke praises a 'must-read' on rape
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Built to wobble
University College London was this week to display a dazzling range of jellies created by world-renowned figures - in architecture, rather than cuisine.The Architectural Jelly Banquet, to be held on...
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Manchester Metropolitan University - Didsbury campus to close
Plans to shut a 20-acre campus in Didsbury presently housing teacher training courses have been announced by Manchester Metropolitan University, which will transfer 2,740 students to a new purpose-...
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Napier University - Sowing seeds of business success
A new centre committed to developing Scotland's next generation of business leaders has been launched by Napier University's Business School. The Edinburgh Institute of Leadership and Management...
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University of Wales Newport - Capital plans for city of culture
An ambition to make Newport the "cultural capital of Wales" via a new contemporary art gallery, a national documentary photography archive and a new £35 million campus, has been unveiled at a...
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University of Edinburgh - Green ideas take root in Africa
Farmers in African communities are being encouraged away from traditional "slash and burn" farming in a new approach of planting trees and preserving woodland. Researchers from the University of...
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Queen's University Belfast - Healthy ideas to tackle disease
The UK's first Centre of Excellence for Public Health focusing on nutrition and lifestyle has just opened at Queen's University Belfast. The £5 million centre is the first of five that will be...
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University of Reading - Islamic finance degree initiated
The ICMA Centre at the University of Reading has launched the UK's first collaborative MSc in investment banking and Islamic finance, to be taught jointly with INCEIF (International Centre for...