Navy leaves a legacy of literature
"You are to send, at six o'clock this morning, two boats each to the ships named in the Mayfair, for the purpose of conveying them on board the Medusa and Discovery." The order book entry, dated...
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Farmers pigeonholed
Organic farmers tend to be younger, manage smaller farms and rely less on their farms for income than others, an Economic and Social Research Council project has found. They are also more likely to...
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Digital profile revealed on web
The clearest way of assessing universities in the digital age may be found in cyberspace, according to an academic who has conducted a survey of web sites. Martin Dodge, researcher in the Centre for...
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Easy access to animal alternatives promised
RESEARCHERS who perform experiments on live animals are to get access to a European database of alternative techniques, following concerns about the number of animals used. There were 2.64 million...
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Teaching research valued highly
Research into teaching and learning in higher education could receive a significant boost if plans to include it in the next research assessment exercise go ahead. The Higher Education Funding...
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The Hodge dodge
Disgruntled ministers ousted in last week's reshuffle could do worse than step into Margaret Hodge's shoes as chair of the potentially powerful education and employment select committee. After all...
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Coarse details
Organisers of a new women's history MA at the University of Essex had a shock last week after a press release designed to boost recruitment landed them with a full page in the Daily Star. The article...
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Sainsbury for science
Department of Trade and Industry officials are peeved that higher education minister Baroness Blackstone spilled the beans on the identity of the new science minister. The new science supremo, Lord...
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On the Tuscan trail
It is reassuring to know that despite the Labour government's attempts to woo the Liberal Democrats by redrawing the political map there are still small but crucial differences between the two...
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Secret surfers
Plans by Peter Mandelson to reveal "Surfball: The New 21st Century Sport" appear to be floundering. Asked by culture committee MPs probing the Dome project for details about this extraordinary new...
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Hutton's googly
Alumnus to be proud of No 184 recently launched himself on the world as a higher education policy pundit. Richard Hutton, previously known as the son of the more famous Sir Leonard and editor of the...
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'Sex with students was perk of the job'
JEAN NORRIS, whose lecturer husband has had more than one affair with a student and has now left her for one, wants to set up a support group for other women in her position. Paul Norris, a social...
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Women lose out on leisure
YOU arrive home late from a long day's lecturing. What is the first thing you do? Go to the gym or evening class? Watch television? Or start getting the children's supper ready, help them with...
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Funding threatens access aim
Widening participation is back on top of the agenda. Alan Thomson opens a series on the issue The introduction of tuition fees and the scrapping of maintenance grants will close doors to higher...
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What Romans did in war
THROUGH films such as Spartacus and Alexander the Great, Hollywood has relentlessly pushed the image of ancient Roman and Greek warfare as an unspeakably bloodthirsty affair, with literally thousands...