First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a hunting adventure: "If you are a Hindu, from the sun-scorched plains of India, and you desire - as...
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Home improvers are a natural fact
Niche Construction
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Greece's Orient, expressed
Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis
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The riddle of the Nubians
From Slave to Pharaoh
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Character-building effect of text on a nation
The Historical Evolution of Chinese Languages and Scripts - Written on Bamboo and Silk
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Introduction
High ethical standards are enshrined in the aims and objectives of most universities. But it is evident that many institutions do not necessarily behave ethically in every situation. Perhaps there...
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The user’s guide to high ideals
As institutions face greater commercial and funding pressure, a written ethical behaviour policy can help the reality match the rhetoric, says Barbara Blake Higher education is an inherently ethical...
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In brief: The Illusrative Guide
This autumn the Council for Industry and Higher Education aims to publish an Illustrative Framework to help universities and colleges develop their own ethics guides. One size will not fit all, but...
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Assembling the ethical toolkit
A draft ethics guide has been welcomed by universities that are looking for case studies and practical guidance in building and implementing their own comprehensive and effective policies, says Julia...
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Violent students terrify staff
The shocking extent to which university staff face violence, intimidation and harassment at the hands of students is revealed today following an investigation by The Times Higher . According to...
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Publish and be damned funny
Fed up with rejection letters from academic journals? Then why not publish your own magazine? Three Bristol academics tired of poor job prospects and dismal salaries have done just that. A heady...
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'The recovery of higher education in africa is not a short-term event'
Njabulo Ndebele, new president of the Association of African Universities, is looking to a brighter future Njabulo Ndebele, new president of the Association of African Universities (AAU), is leading...
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On the move ...
* Hussein al-Shahristani , visiting professor at Surrey University, has been appointed deputy speaker of the recently formed Iraqi Parliament. * Karan Bilimoria , founder and chief executive of Cobra...
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UK science told to raise profile
British universities may miss out on the Singapore market unless they get on the map. Anna Fazackerley reports Singapore is becoming an important target for British universities but those outside a...
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Private pupils keep crisis courses open
Independent schools say that university departments in key subject areas such as languages and science are relying on them to keep undergraduate courses viable in the face of a "calamitous" drop in...