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Mysterious origins of African who charmed Russian court
Gannibal - The Moor of St Petersburg
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Fishing for a man with a golden limb
Pythagoras
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Irrigating the channels of democracy
The Classical World
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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 work by a novelist: "Victoria Sackville-West was thirty when she went into labour for the first and...
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Faults left inheritors of Caesar to turn barbarian
The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Mysterious family affair on the dark fringes of the greatest empire the world had ever known
The Middle East under Rome
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Discover the Devil in the detail
Symbols and Allegories in Art
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Lecturers told to rat on top-up fee rivals
Derby University has enlisted its staff to spy on rival institutions as the competition for students hots up at the start of top-up fees year. In a recent e-mail that was passed to The Times Higher...
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Staff cash in on consultancy
A new university elite encompassing old and new institutions has emerged from the first public survey of earnings generated from academics' consultancy work. Imperial College London and Cranfield and...
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'Doing research is not like a tap you can turn on at a moment's notice'
John Loughhead warns that only more investment in energy research will avert crisis and sustain our needs This week's disruption of Russian gas supplies to Western Europe highlights the growing...
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On the move...
Nottingham University has made the following promotions: Lorraine Young becomes professor of molecular embryology in the medical school; Sharon Monteith becomes professor of American studies; Jeffrey...
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Elite urge shift to light-touch audit
Research universities want mini-reviews to replace the RAE but post-92s are against. Anthea Lipsett reports Research-led universities believe that the 2008 research assessment exercise should be the...
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AUT slated for preparing action ahead of pay talks
University employers have accused the Association of University Teachers of refusing to "engage seriously" in pay talks for 2006-07 after the union declared an industrial dispute before the start of...