'To some extent we've given up being Israelis'
The Israeli history professor and peace activist who wants to see a European centre for Palestinian studies at Exeter is no stranger to controversy. Melanie Newman reports A controversial Israeli...
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Two years on, another country, another storm
Two years ago this month, Ilan Pappé found himself at the centre of an international storm over the academic boycott of Israel. His appointment at Exeter University now looks set to put him in the...
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Kent biometrics boost
Kent University's department of electronics has set up the United Kingdom Biometrics Institute. The institute is supported by Kent Enterprise and aims to enhance the exchange of knowledge and...
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Early Nazi study cash
Birkbeck, University of London, has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to investigate the Nazi concentration camp system between 1933 and 1939 to try to uncover the...
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LSE man shortlisted
Arne Westad, convener of the London School of Economics' international history department and co-director of the Cold War Studies Centre, has been shortlisted for the Arthur Ross Book Award for The...
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Marx reassessed
Chris Yuill from Robert Gordon University is to present a paper reassessing Marx's theories in the context of modern "weightless" knowledge economies at the British Sociological Association...
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Tense women at work
A survey by researchers at Kingston University shows that women are less relaxed than men at work but fare better in appraisals and have more confidence in their senior managers.
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Chunnel of thought
Sean Street, professor of radio at Bournemouth University, will present Light at the End of the Chunnel , an examination of the history and symbolic significance of the Channel Tunnel, at 8pm on BBC...
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ESRC-BA fellowships
The Economic and Social Research Council and The British Academy are joining forces to fund visiting fellows from South Asia and the Middle East. Twelve of the 19 fellowships have gone to academics...
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Bodleian slavery books
Oxford University's Bodleian Library is publishing two titles to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. The Slave Trade: Contemporary Writings For and Against contains...
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Greek graduations in doubt
No end in sight to the struggle over plans to allow private universities. Makki Marseilles reports Fears are growing that students hoping to graduate from Greek universities this year may miss out as...
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US Act to tempt 1 million overseas
A Bill introduced in Congress with strong bipartisan support would quintuple the number of Americans studying abroad by 2017, especially in the developing world, writes Jon Marcus. The Senator Paul...
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Verne-like idea to visit core
A theoretical scientist has captured the imagination of the US public with the Jules Verne-style idea of sending a probe to the Earth's core, but his fellow scientists have shown less enthusiasm for...
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Research boom for Baltic states
The Baltic states are the European Union's boom region for research spending increases, according to the latest figures from Eurostat. Annual real-terms growth rates in research spending between 2001...
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Unesco warns of rise in degree fraudsters
Fake courses and low standards proliferate as the market grows, says Rebecca Warden Unesco researchers are warning of a growing tide of fraud and corruption in higher education. One of the most...