Supertext: The textbook that changed my life
I wish there had been a textbook that changed my life, not because I want to have my life altered but because I have never found a single textbook for the study of South Asian culture. It is too vast...
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Mistress of the mind
"When my editor said, 'What are you going to do next?' I just blurted it out: 'A textbook on consciousness'," says Susan Blackmore describing her surprise next move after just finishing her...
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Appointments and honorary fellowships
Adrian Thomas , professor of music and director of the Central European Music Research Centre at Cardiff University, has been named professor of music at Gresham College, London. The University of...
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Put it in verse to lift exam curse
As the exam season gets under way, pity the invigilator, endlessly dreaming up ways to relieve the boredom. But now the dreaded three-hour stints could be transformed into poetic interludes....
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Stirling hooks cod fish money-spinner
Stirling University could safeguard the future of cod and chips with a new company, opened this week by Princess Anne, devoted to cod farming. Stirling, whose internationally known institute of...
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Network set up after 7-year inertia
A network of Commonwealth academics finally staged its first conference this week - seven years after the proposal was mooted and six years after securing support from Commonwealth education...
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'Purist' Clarke states his case
The role of a university is to seek truth - but to seek nothing but the truth would be a big mistake, education secretary Charles Clarke said this week. Mr Clarke, stung by attacks branding him,...
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Council revamp after £2.2m loss
The National Council for Education and Training in Wales will be restructured amid an escalating row over "irregular expenditure" that cost taxpayers £2.2 million. Welsh Assembly education minister...
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Want to quit? Get studying
Taking a course in your 30s can help you give up smoking, make you more racially tolerant and reverse a general decline in life satisfaction, according to research. Government departments should...
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Oxford lines up hopefuls
Oxford University could follow Cambridge's lead and appoint its first female vice-chancellor. As the nominating committee narrows down candidates, Sandra Dawson, director of the Judge Institute of...
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UK's competitive edge relies on academia
Increasing government support for higher education and sustaining spending on the science base are crucial to revamping the UK's failing competitive edge, according to research that will influence...
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Next week
Body Count Cadaver shortage problem for medical schools Range wars Kitchens - the third front in the cold war US follows Hobbes, Europe follows Kant Gary McDowell reviews Robert Kagan's Paradise and...
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New Stirling principal
Christine Hallett, Stirling University's senior deputy principal, has been appointed acting principal following the sudden death of principal Colin Bell last month. Professor Hallett, who held the...
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Refugees highly skilled
Most asylum-seekers and refugees possess high-level qualifications and want to work, yet the vast majority are unemployed, Birmingham University researchers have found. A Learning and Skills Council...
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Dundee charity probe
Dundee University is set to investigate its dealings with charities after claims that it muzzled whistleblowing about an organisation that has been banned from representing itself as a charity. The...