De Montfort takes plunge into bond market
De Montfort University has confirmed that it has secured funding from private investors via a £110 million public bond, with other universities expected to follow it into the bond markets.
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Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems
Rapid advances in information technology have pressing implications for us all, finds John Gilbey
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Reclaiming Basque: Language, Nation, and Cultural Activism
Yesterday's linguistic avant-garde can become today's authoritarians, Jeremy MacClancy discovers
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Medicine, Morality and Political Culture: Legislation on Venereal Disease in Five Northern European Countries, c.1870-1995
Catching venereal disease is different from catching a cold. It's nastier, more intimate, raises suspicions, and makes you wonder why you were so stupid not to have safe sex, or why you had sex at...
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The Goldilocks Planet: The Four Billion Year Story of Earth's Climate
Summarising 4 billion years of Earth's climate history for a general readership is no mean feat and the authors of this book, two geologists at the University of Leicester, have achieved it very well...
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The War on Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe
A powerful history of 'Catharism' attests to the politicisation of heresy, argues Helen Castor
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Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the Twenty-first Century
How robust is democracy in the 21st century? Using the framework from Bernard Crick's classic In Defence of Politics published 50 years ago, Matthew Flinders argues that democratic politics are at...
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Creativity and its Discontents: China's Creative Industries and Intellectual Property Rights Offenses
These days it is almost impossible to pick up a newspaper without coming across a news story relating to China's extraordinary rise and growing economic might. The figures are impressive: when Mao...
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News in brief
United StatesYou booze, you loseThe governing body of a US university has warned its president to curb her drinking or it will sack her. In a recent letter to Susan Martin, Eastern Michigan...
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Academic-turned-politician aims to fix engine of state
Mohamed Morsi leaves academy behind to lead Egypt in the post-Spring age. David Matthews reports
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Grant winners
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilResponsive Mode Grant AwardsThe values listed represent the amounts requested; funds awarded may differ.• Award winner: Philip Stevenson•...
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Dam for the data deluge
The British Library is rising to the challenges posed by the creative chaos of the digital age, says outgoing chief executive Lynne Brindley
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Chile's sweet deal for British research pound-stretchers
Minister lauds cost-effective UK and seeks partners for research centre. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Which? is the way to ask sector tough questions
A university information website by Which? could become a more influential source of advice for students than the Quality Assurance Agency or official data sources such as Key Information Sets, an...
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Historical forces
Public policy shaped Wales' universities early on, and it shapes and supports them still, says Leighton Andrews