There's the rub...
A postgraduate student, a postdoc and a professor find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a genie emerges in a puff of smoke. The genie says: "I usually grant only three wishes, so I'll give each...
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Why I ...want to see films in Oxford University's Bodleian Library
I do a lot of research in the Bodleian Library. Whether it's an original manuscript by Congreve, an obscene 19th-century pamphlet or a more recent tome that can't easily be skimmed in Borders,...
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Magic way to true self
To glimpse our posthuman future, ditch Habermas and watch The Wizard of Oz, says Carl Elliott. These are boom times for speculators about our posthuman future. Now that the human genome has been...
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Today's news
Prince acknowledges students' debt worries Students have "just cause" to be worried about the burden of loans and student fees, Prince William said yesterday, during an interview to mark his 21st...
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Thames no barrier to entente cordiale
Nick Byrne tells how a foreign language outreach project helped to bridge a cultural divide between two London institutions A chance meeting with the deputy headteacher of a local inner-city school...
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On the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: Heather Vincent Age: 51 Job: Teaching fellow. I am also programme director for the University of Manchester's...
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National pay under threat
The national academic pay system faced potential collapse this week as Imperial College London prepared to announce its own, locally determined, salary structure. Imperial will announce its new pay...
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RAE reform to shut out one in three
A third of English higher education institutions will be excluded from the research assessment exercise under plans unveiled this week. The university casualties are Leeds Metropolitan, London...
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Dismayed Clarke started debate after 'utopian' responses to paper
Education secretary Charles Clarke started the debate on the purpose of universities to counter the "utopianism" of many responses to his recent higher education white paper. In an interview with The...
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In the news: Michael Sterling
The new chair of the elite Russell Group of universities will turn it into a more formal body with its own executive posts. Michael Sterling, 57, vice-chancellor of Birmingham University, will take...
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Loved the trolley work...
Tragically I was an Only Twin
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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 with a famous death scene: "Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking...
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Foolish child won greatest praise
No Time to Be Brief
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Brittle walls that expose the secret griefs of character
Eavesdropping in the Novel from Austen to Proust
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Primer in principles
How not to Be a Hypocrite