TV reviews: Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model & Jersey Shore
Will Brooker considers the comforting tropes of 'reality' TV present in BINTM and Jersey Shore
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Adam Bell, 1984-2011
In a tribute to Adam Bell, John Cater, vice-chancellor of Edge Hill University, said that if there was anyone who did not like him, it was because they loved him instead.Born in Ormskirk, Lancashire...
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THE Scholarly Web
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Campus round-up
University of St AndrewsNow you see him...An undergraduate student has brought invisibility cloaks one step closer to reality by creating an "invisibility sphere" that is able to slow down light....
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Odds and quads
These instruments (see image, right) - inhaler, ether mask, bedpan, a syringe made by Philip Harris and Company and a device used during anaesthesia that contains a Sparklets bulb similar to those in...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Libraries reject 'raw deal' on e-journals
Cut cost of accessing research catalogues or lose RLUK business, publishers told. Paul Jump reports
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18 August 2011
Distortions of reality - It’s time to shatter the A-level illusions
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Teaching-only institutions would ensure affordability and quality, thinktank claims
The majority of universities should stop designing curricula and awarding their own degrees, and offer programmes accredited by major research-intensive institutions.
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Cambridge tops NSS, while London universities rally
Newer universities in London have enjoyed some of the biggest gains in student satisfaction, according to the results of the National Student Survey.
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Arts on an equal footing
The 2011-12 rankings will continue the progress made last year in normalising data so as not to disadvantage non-science subjects. Phil Baty reports
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Arts and humanities ‘shouldn’t be embarrassed’ about links with industry
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has announced the four universities that will lead its new creative economy consortia.
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US dominates Shanghai Jiao Tong world rankings
US universities continue to dominate the upper echelons of world rankings, taking 17 of the top 20 spots in the Shanghai Jiao Tong ranking.
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Some students ‘will be better off’ when fee cap trebles
Deferring university entry until 2012, the first year of the new fees regime, may save some graduates money, finance experts have claimed.
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University progression up among ‘free school meal’ pupils
More students from poor families are going to university, according to new data.