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This is not a weird place, Cambridge tells teachers in state education Teachers in state schools still feel uncomfortable about encouraging pupils to apply to Cambridge and have to be persuaded that...
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The roots of an artistic Eden
The Arts at Dartington 1940-1983
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A photographic valentine to the Earth and humankind
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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Nothing to lose but our free time
Setting the People Free - The Politics of Everyday Life
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An invisible monument to death and despair
The Great Wall of Confinement
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On the beat with the world police
Debating Globalisation
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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 work famous for its queries: "My design in this book is not to explain the properties of light by...
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Key decisions on pathway to hell
The Torture Papers - Torture and Truth
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Student poll puts staff under pressure
Vice-chancellors were urged to take a hard look at the performance of their departments this week as the first national student satisfaction survey revealed that many "unfashionable" universities are...
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A master class in avoiding training
Academics are happy to undergo training - just so long as you don't call it that. Many see it as an activity beneath them, say university career development experts who are now busy rebranding...
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'Talking about mental health should be easy, but we aren't there yet'
Scottish Green Party chief Robin Harper, the new rector of Aberdeen University, vows to battle depression taboos It is not often a politician is paraded through city streets astride a stuffed bull,...
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On the move ...
* Manchester University has appointed Albert McMenemy , formerly director of planning and academic services, deputy registrar; Brian Ward , formerly of the University of Florida, professor of...
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Professor Plod, PhD
London-based academics are being offered the chance to combat campus crime by signing up as special constables. In a new project called CampusWatch, the Metropolitan Police is encouraging academics,...
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Extremism on campus overstated
Reports of Islamic extremism on Britain's campuses have been "grossly exaggerated", according to a report. But the survey, published on Thursday by the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (Fosis...