A public haven for private pursuits
Research methods used to gauge wartime morale have been applied to Britain's public libraries. Alistair Black reports On Monday, the public library celebrates its 150th birthday - the anniversary of...
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May blooms in tricky places
Having weathered the public storm over BSE, GM foods and cloning, Sir Robert May (right) tells Steve Farrar that he is looking forward to a fresh challenge as the new president of the Royal Society....
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'A holiday - what's that?'
Most academics, even those who are well aware of their vacation entitlement, find it hard to get away and switch off, as Jennifer Currie discovers Ask any academic how they spent their summer holiday...
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Fleshpots, ennui and our thinly veiled fantasies
What erotic imaginings have harems induced in the West? Ruth Yeazell takes a peep. Orientalism is in vogue among academics, sparked by the work of Edward Said, among others. But long before this, the...
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World watch
Russian culture minister Mikhail Shvydkov has expressed shock at the fatal shooting last weekend of Sergey Isayev, rector of Moscow's State Academy of Theatrical Art. He noted that it was the first...
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World watch
The University of the Wi****ersrand has launched a fellowship fund to halt the country's brain drain. The Friedland Fellowship will encourage scientists to come to South Africa to do socially...
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Public value work of scientists
Most members of the public think scientists and engineers make a valuable contribution to society, according to an Office of Science and Technology/Wellcome Trust survey into public attitudes to...
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Readers' reactions
Last month in The THES: Baroness Blackstone announced a review of university careers services I have recently retired after 30 years as a university careers adviser and feel that the Dearing report...
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Turnstile to tinier future
Two Cambridge physicists have created a counter that acts as a turnstile for single electrons. The delicate technology could be used in a host of electronics applications such as multi-level memory...
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Commons inquiry to evaluate New Deal
The Commons employment sub-committee will evaluate the success of the New Deal for unemployed young people by conducting a short inquiry. It will aim to address how successful the scheme has been in...
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Millions go down drain in audit fiasco
Universities are overburdened with red tape that wastes millions of pounds and creates immense stress among staff, a funding council report reveals. The report, to be published this month for the...
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Exam scores to reflect effects of bomb hoaxes
Two hoax bomb scares that disrupted a group of final exam students have been taken into account in their assessments. The first bomb scare at the examination centre of the Chartered Institute of...
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Gates gives UK schools $40m for malaria fight
Liverpool's School of Tropical Medicine is to work with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on a $40 million anti-malaria programme funded entirely by the Bill and Melinda Gates...
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Balloonatic
Leanne Kovacs, a media studies student at Wolverhampton College, recently spent three weeks on work placement at the Virgin Airship and Balloon Company in Telford. Photograph by JAMIE JONES
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NHS challenge set to tax universities
The National Health Service Plan, published last week, proposes the biggest expansion in medical education in a generation. Claire Sanders looks at the implications for institutions Expanding the...