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University is accused of censoring antisemitic Islam lecture The University of Leeds was accused of infringing free speech last night when it cancelled a lecture on “Islamic antisemitism” by a German...
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Exploratory Workshop Fund
Deadline: 27/04/2007
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Latest research news
Research jobs cut 'to meet the cost of government failure' Scientists claim that about 1,000 research jobs will be lost this year because the Government is cutting science funding to compensate for...
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Today's news
Computer curfew for students after spate of campus suicides For more than a decade the seven elite Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have been churning out world-class computer whiz kids for the...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an autobiographical work: "In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. In the month of...
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An odd pair with a passion for all things pure
James Joseph Sylvester - Arthur Cayley
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A few notes on teasing worms
Darwin Loves You
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Obscure object of affection
Is Pluto a Planet? A Historical Journey through the Solar System
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Dusted off to revive its gleam
The Curious History of Relativity
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Beware: English bulldog stirring
The Nations of Britain
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Belle of the battlefield who flirted amid shot and shell
Mrs Duberly's War
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Laurie Taylor Column
No need for students to feel out of touch when Ken Robards is around, Bill Batty reports. Dr Robards, a senior lecturer in small animal psychology at Poppleton University, is a man with a mission. "I...
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None of us can relax in this dog-eat-prof world
UK higher education cannot afford to be complacent about potential global rivals, argues Howard Davies. British universities have gone through a difficult passage. But after decades of declining...