One stroppy Lady
Huw Richards meets the Anglo-Iranian academic who has recently been raised to the House of Lords. Haleh Afshar had more warning than most new peers about her elevation to the House of Lords, but she...
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The wise men's gift
In an increasingly competitive research market, smaller universities need to find a unique selling point. John Gilbey recounts the tale of one vice-chancellor and his miraculous present. The vice-...
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Dark ages and shining swords
From papal-backed campaigns in the Middle East to temperance leagues and the War on Terror, the Western idea of the 'crusade' has mutated but endured. Jonathan Phillips on a history of holy and...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a foot soldier's memoir of his tour of duty: "It's incredible, it really is, isn't it?"." Entries,...
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Quiet witness to the ticking clock of life
Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres
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Rash talk of worlds long vanished
The Great Books from the Iliad and the Odyssey to Goethe's Faust
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Doubt, deity and design
Monkey Trials and Gorilla Sermons
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Nothing alien or criminal to report
Hollywood Science
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Fourth estate has left for new shores
The Media Were American
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Endeavours to delay the time of our departure
The Secret History of the War on Cancer
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Enduring efforts to embrace dissenters
Divided by Faith
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On the move...
York University has conferred a number of professorships. John Bryan , head of music and drama, becomes professor of music; Tim Thornton , specialist in late medieval and early modern political and...
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Thumping good time
Lecturer Katie Bull and research and knowledge transfer co-ordinator Chrissie Ferngrove took part in Winchester University's first 'stress- busting' drumming workshop last week. Enthusiasm for the...
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CBI queries skills plan
The director-general of the Confederation of British Industry has cast doubt on the Government's flagship policy to increase university- level skills in the workplace. Richard Lambert said businesses...