Degrees of success
The British have not fared well in the sporting arena of late. So can a new interest in sport at universities really herald a golden age for British athletes? Elaine Carlton met an Olympic gold...
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The torch, baton and monograph
Every aspect of the Olympics, from its history to its effect on communities, is under scrutiny by Australian students and academics, writes Geoff Maslen Almost every team of athletes from the 200...
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Giving the college guys a chance
The US is healing a rift between two sporting bodies that has restricted top college athletes. Now, Jon Marcus reports, its Olympic team is seeing the benefits The traditional success of American...
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Still room for improvement
The UK is moving towards mass higher education, and there has been progress in widening access. But opportunity remains unequally distributed. John Pratt reports on a Ucas study that reveals some...
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New Labour, new maths, old results
Ministers like to talk about how much extra money the government has provided for higher education. But this disguises a fall in funding per student in real terms. Stephen Court checks the figures...
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Why the lack of female first in Cambridge is down to more than PMS
A ground-breaking study into student performance has come up with new findings on why boys do better. Paul Surtees reports Ihave just learned that Gallimard wants to publish Lolita," Vladimir Nabokov...
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Dying to meet the deadline
Notable Britons must die before December 31 this year to be included in the New Dictionary of National Biography. Huw Richards talks to the book's editor, Brian Harrison, and explains (below) what it...
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'Who do they want doing this time?'
Hugh Richards explains (below) what it is like to be a contributor The procedure has become familiar. The envelope, with its Oxford postmark, is extracted from the pile of bank statements, junk mail...
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Who could argue for a 50m rand telescope when an OAP hasn't received her pension?
South Africa's quest for social and political reconstruction is presenting the government with some tough choices. Health and housing for the black majority remain priorities, but the country's...
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In a climate of change
Scientist James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis met a hostile response in 1979 but, with the publication of his autobiography next week, it seems events have borne it out. Tom Wakeford reports Anyone who...
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Spreading the word on campus
Creative writing courses are more popular than ever. Graeme Harper explores the role of the university in nurturing new talent In 1979, fewer than a quarter of Cambridge undergraduates were women:...
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Higher channels
John Davies assesses the week's broadcasting (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week Piers Gough's survey of British architecture, The Shock of the Old, comes to a triumphant conclusion on...
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Beijing
The installation of condom vending machines in four Chinese university campuses over the past few months has raised fears among parents and teachers that they will encourage sexual promiscuity, while...
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La Paz
More than 30 students and professors at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres who ended their hunger strike last week after 16 days said that they would resume strike action in six weeks unless the...
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Bukavu
Rwandan troops occupying a province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo shot and killed four students protesting against the arrest of lecturers who argued that Rwandan...