Government announces medical research review in bid to cut red tape
Independent look at regulation is needed to bring greater coordination and ‘freedom from unnecessary bureaucracy’, Zoë Corbyn reports
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Budget windfall for STEM places and spin-offs
Chancellor promises £305 million for ‘key subjects’ and commercial initiatives. Melanie Newman reports
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The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-being
Basing politics on what makes people happy is a good thing, isn't it? Maybe, says Paul Stenner
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Michelangelo's Finger: An Exploration of Everyday Transcendence
Raymond Tallis, gerontologist and philosopher, has something in common with Coleridge's Ancient Mariner. He grabs readers as they pass and regales them with extraordinary accounts of impressive...
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The Canon: Poetics. Aristotle
Aristotle's Poetics is an analysis of the principles of dramatic writing from the 4th century BC. Despite its age, anyone with a passing appreciation of narrative structure probably knows more about...
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Update the standard operating procedure
Surgery allows no room for error. Surgeon and researcher Atul Gawande prescribes the use of checklists to get it right. Matthew Reisz reports
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Revenge of the Forbidden City: The Suppression of the Falungong in China, 1999-2005
André Laliberté ponders the party's clampdown on an organisation that seems to pose little threat
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingBUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES- Franchising GloballyBy Ilan Alon, George D. and Harriet W. Cornell professor of international business, Rollins College, Florida. Palgrave...
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Book of the week: The Task of the Critic
Willy Maley salutes a live-wire intellect, part terrier, part trickster
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Radio ha ha
Sir Terry Wogan's reign as the king of radio may be winding down, but there is plenty of talent waiting in the wings. Last week, comedian and broadcaster Phill Jupitus spent a week at Bournemouth...
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Liverpool Hope University - Ivories tower II
A dozen Steinway pianos worth almost £250,000 have arrived at Liverpool Hope University's new Performing Arts Centre. The delivery makes the university's music department an "all-Steinway school",...
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Durham University - Bonds ... Durham bonds?
A second British university is considering raising funds via a bond issue. Durham University is looking at the option following the University of Cambridge's announcement in January that it plans to...
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Birmingham City University - Off the rails
Plans for a city-centre campus at Birmingham City University have been scuppered a week after the institution handed over payment for a new site. The university paid Birmingham City Council £18...
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University of Birmingham - Too many mouths to feed
Parents of twins, triplets and larger groups of multiple-birth babies face significant financial hardship, according to a study by researchers at the University of Birmingham. A report titled The...
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University of East Anglia - Wind of change, 50 years on
The end of the British Empire and its continuing impact is the focus of an international conference at the University of East Anglia this week. The event marks the 50th anniversary of Harold...