Sucking the life out of the past and flattening history
China and Historical Capitalism
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Zen and the art of road rage
How Emotions Work
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String section leader
Researchers may be close to understanding thedeepest workings of our universe. Steve Farrar talks to a young scientist whose book about 'the final theory' has persuaded a new generation to brave the...
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That's it, I'm going back to school
Many female academics are deserting universities and retraining as school teachers. Is it the better pay, the promotion prospects or the child-friendly holidays? Helen Hague reports on why it might...
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Imagine you had a Pounds 1.4bn windfall
Actuary Zaki Khorasanee sets out why academics should demand that their pension fund's surplus be used to improve their 'mediocre' rights. I joined the Universities Superannuation Scheme in September...
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'I could say it 1,000 ways and they'd probably all offend'
Never get into a slanging match with a lexicographer, because he'll always have the last word. Nick Groom reports. How do you write a dictionary? Well, Jonathon Green should know. He is an autodidact...
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Don't just talk the talk
Universities are closing language departments nationwide, but some professors are fighting back with exotic courses designed to appeal to reluctant students. Anne Sebba reports. To speak a language...
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Innovative language teaching
California-born Elizabeth Ezra accepted a lecturer's job at Stirling University in Scotland five years ago after taking her PhD at Cornell and teaching in New York. She was attracted to Stirling...
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RMIT wins licence to operate in Vietnam
Melbourne The Vietnamese government has issued an investment licence to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, allowing it to establish the country's first foreign private university. RMIT...
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Headscarf ban stays in spite of amnesty
Istanbul Turkey's parliamentary education commission has granted an amnesty for students banned from university for wearing headscarves. But the amnesty will only apply to students who agree to...
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Bath line
Prospective Bath University students can apply online through a new application system launched by the school of management in partnership with Embark.com. Details: http://apply.embark.com/mbaedge/...
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Balanced view
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service has launched a comprehensive information website to combat what it describes as "hysterical propaganda from the anti-abortion lobby". Details: www.bpas.org
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$7 million maths prize
Paris Seven as yet unsolved problems that could provide keys to the mathematics of the 21st century are the focus of a millennium challenge offering millions of dollars in prizes for their resolution...
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Beijing
Beijing University has merged with the city's medical university, giving the university a medical school for the first time. Vice-premier Li Lanqing said the merger reflects the overall move to...
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La Paz
Hundreds of students from El Alto have been arrested in the Bolivian capital of La Paz following demonstrations against government plans to open a new university in El Alto without, they say, full...