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A Short History of Celebrity
While Leo Braudy's history of fame, The Frenzy of Renown, began in antiquity with specific reference to the self-publicising strategies of Alexander the Great, Fred Inglis, in A Short History of...
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Strategic Management of Technological Innovation
How to get ahead of the game
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Grant winners
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILInsect Pollinators InitiativeAbout £10 million has been granted to nine UK-based projects to explore the causes and consequences of threats to...
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Give us a sporting chance
Whitehall's creative industries strategy is welcome, but where is its support for Britain's athletic endeavours, asks Simon Chadwick
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Hong Kong opens up to overseas providers
Economic development strategy calls for foreign boost to knowledge economy, writes Phil Baty
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Marketing Literature
Author: Claire SquiresEdition: FirstPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 248Price: £48.00 and £14.99ISBN: 9781403997739 and 9780230228474The fact that this lively and meticulously researched monograph...
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'Academic hub' to focus on creative skills training
Plan proposes 5,000 apprenticeships and better links with industry and schools. John Gill reports
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Half of sector to prioritise firms' training needs
Funding chiefs want at least half of England's universities to make industry workforce-training requirements a core strategic priority.At a board meeting in February, the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding...
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News in brief
Vocational degreesHigher education for apprenticesThe Government has pledged to help more apprentices go to university and says it is considering a new form of vocational degree. John Denham, the...
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News in brief
MergersScience bodies join forcesThe Institute of Biology and the Biosciences Federation have united to form the Society of Biology after members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move. It is...
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Universities department abolished
Lord Mandelson takes on new combined business and higher education role. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Tara Brabazon: Don’t let the Big Society squeeze out our small but smart organisations
David Cameron’s vision for Britain threatens associations such as the Research Information Network that help boost UK productivity and efficiency, argues Tara Brabazon
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Failure is not an option
Reflexive claims for the US academy's greatness ring hollow, says John Summers, given elite institutions' tight links with economic and political power and lack of appetite for challenging ideas
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Overseas briefing
United StatesPapers trail leads to freshmanA student who worked in the archives of Drew University in New Jersey has been accused of stealing letters written by Abraham Lincoln. William John Scott...