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Himalayan 'People's War'
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246 kinds of cheese, but just one way to eat it
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Little light on the Dark Continent
Africa since Independence - What Went Wrong with Africa - The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars
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State forged in war and peace
Germany's Two Unifications
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Star attraction
The diaries and papers of screen legend Richard Burton have been donated to Swansea University by the actor's widow Sally Burton. They will go to Swansea's new Richard Burton Centre for Film and...
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Schwartz slated for role in sacking
The Government's senior adviser on the fairness of university admissions has been criticised for the "deeply unfair treatment" of a senior colleague, writes Phil Baty. The Watford Employment Tribunal...
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'I've no regrets. We've touched a raw nerve'
She was denounced by novelist Howard Jacobson as a "woman lecturer peddling the oldest form of hatred", and Jewish community leader Lord Janner called her a "blinkered academic extremist" who has...
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AUT expected to change boycott policy
The Association of University Teachers looks almost certain to overturn its decision to boycott two Israeli universities, writes Phil Baty. As The Times Higher went to press this week, it appeared...
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Standard build-up
Kel Fidler, the vice-chancellor of Northumbria University, has been named chairman of the Engineering Council UK, the body that regulates standards in the engineering profession. Professor Fidler,...
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Write-on science
Science writer Philip Ball has won the Aventis science books general prize with his book Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another . Lord May of Oxford, the president of the Royal...
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Deposit account
All new research funded by the Wellcome Trust must be made available freely to anyone online from October 1, it was announced this week. After publication, researchers will have six months to deposit...
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Track records
The Economic and Social Research Council is launching a free web-based social science resource. ESRC Society Today ( www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk ) will include reports on all ESRC-funded research, and...
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Net values
A British Academy report says more coherent policies and proactive strategies are needed to ensure UK researchers in the humanities and social sciences have access to resource materials on the web. B...
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Partial to particles
Plans for a £1 billion science centre in North Yorkshire have taken a step forward. The White Rose University Consortium, which includes Leeds, Sheffield and York universities and the regional...