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  1. Stars shine light on universe age

    Light from four of the oldest stars in our Milky Way galaxy has been analysed in unprecedented detail, writes Steve Farrar. Astronomers hope their results will help place a more accurate lower limit...

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  2. How To...Hold a tutorial in cyberspace

    WHAT: Lyceum is a visual and sound software package for lecturers teaching online. WHY: tudents worldwide are able to tune in at any time, writes Steven Albert. HOW: The word lyceum conjures up...

  3. Star Turn

    How do you make Colonel Blimp's contribution to the war relevant to an audience of school-leavers from Bradford? Alison Utley discovers an academic who does the trick. Our setting is unusual,...

  4. Like minds meet in the gutter

    When Adrian Mourby asks creative writing students to submit a screenplay he finds a trendy obsession with sex, drugs and violence, but no originality I have never believed that one can teach creative...

  5. Cambridge says 'cull' was road to stability

    Cambridge University spent Pounds 10 million on a "staff cull" last year, shedding 156 people through early retirement and saving potentially Pounds 2.5 million a year. Many remaining staff face an "...

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  6. Cabinet's mini-skirt mania

    Keith Gibbins looks back on his 15 minutes of fame with affection and amusement. Papers released under the 30-year rule last week show that his "mini-skirt project" prompted serious concern in...

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  7. Eco archive bequest dubbed a 'snub' to US

    Italy's superstar semiologist Umberto Eco has left one of his early manuscripts, a translation of Raymond Queneau in long-hand, to the manuscripts archive of the University of Pavia, Italy's most...

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