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It did not happen at the BBC
How It Happened Here
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A critical hunter of perfection
Film Writing and Selected Journalism
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel about an English couple on honeymoon in France: "Ever since I lost mine in a road accident...
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Doers and shakers with a method on their minds
The Fellowship
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Dig for gland of hope and glory
The Most Secret Quintessence of Life
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Stellar success of a lowly computer in Pickering's harem
Miss Leavitt's Stars
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Soaring revenues stoke pay debate
University revenues have soared in recent years, according to a leaked analysis that has raised questions about how much vice-chancellors can afford to spend on academics' pay. The Times Higher has...
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University grandee reaches for his lawyer
A leading member of Oxford University's governing council has alarmed academics by bringing in lawyers to demand an apology from a college head, writes Claire Sanders. After receiving a letter from...
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'We will be exposing children to a very different description of the world'
Bob Cywinski has won an £80,000 grant to take children down to the atomic level in a pilot TV show Bob Cywinski is set to make child's play of quantum physics with a pilot TV show. "As part of the...
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On the move...
* Leicester University has appointed: Steven Trevillion , former head of social work education at the General Social Care Council, professor of social work; Bernard Barker , a lecturer at the...
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Class is allowed to set exam
Lecturer lets candidates write questions to engender 'trust'. Phil Baty reports on the alternative assessment methods dividing opinion An academic has revealed that he allowed his students to set...
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Disarming fellow cheats death
Someone muttered that it was like being thrown to the lions as Peter Taylor, the man behind a string of websites that provide model essays for students, took the stage to address more than a hundred...
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Gyan doon? Scots specialist finds perfect pitch for lift
A Scots language expert at Aberdeen University has ensured the local accent is on the up - by helping to choose a replacement for the English accent in an Aberdeen hotel lift. J. Derrick McClure,...