Bodies tried by closed minds
The Crimes of Women in Early Modern Germany
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Power play on the game
Prostitution, Power and Freedom
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Warrior queens
Amazons of Black Sparta
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Higher Channels
This week, The THES is launching an extended version of Higher Channels on its website - www.thesis.co.uk. Check out the full listings, including full details of the new season of University...
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Spot the Catholic
Scotland has just one Catholic v-c. Is this because the country is dominated by Protestant bigots? Tom Devine calls for more research into Scotland's shame When Scotland's foremost young composer,...
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The players behind the games
Next year, Sydney plays host to the Olympics. Julia Hinde reports on the 2,000 academics tackling everything from designing the stadium to zapping the site's 31 strains of mosquito Snuffles and...
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Get creative or just get going
Creativity is the instinct universities are now being urged to instil in students. But how? Jennifer Currie reports When education secretary David Blunkett recently defended creativity during an...
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Playing Paris for a fortune
Hilary Spurling unravels the tale of Ther se Humbert, who lied her way to fortune and almost destroyed the French Third Republic in the process I first came across Ther se Humbert by chance six years...
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Dino soars in the farmyard
Palaeontologist David Norman explains how working on a TV series recreating dinosaurs on computers threw up some unexpected insights There can be little doubt that nowadays dinosaurs are big news....
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Aping Darwin
On the Origin of Species may be the book of the millennium, but who's actually read it? Geneticist Steve Jones decided to rewrite it for a 20th-century audience. Kam Patel reports After three years...
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Post-16 revisions needed, says LGA
Key elements of the government's blueprint for post-16 education should be revised, says a senior local government representative. Graham Lane, chairman of the Local Government Association's...
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Readers' reactions
Two weeks ago in The THES... We asked whether all first-year students should be vaccinated against meningitis Name and address supplied It is an extremely good idea to vaccinate students against...
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Hope in a ravaged continent
In an Africa beset by wars and Aids, Brenda Gourley explains how to help African girls get an education. Even a month ago I would never have imagined that I would become a proponent of a women's...
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Strasbourg
A commemoration of the 700th anniversary of the Ottoman historical and cultural heritage in Istanbul to be staged by the Council of Europe later this month has been postponed because of last month's...
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How to...Stop students from cheating
WHAT: There is a fine line between legitimate collaboration and collusion, says Jennifer Moon. WHY: Team working is to be encouraged but lecturers must know how to spot unfair practices. HOW:...