The execution of justice
William McFeely's study of death penalty cases reveals an American still steeped in racism, writes Tim Cornwall. For two and a half years, US historian William McFeely had been researching a series...
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A few points for your attention, Mr Mayor
Away from the farce of London's mayoral race, academics have been looking at the policies. Anne Sebba reports. You might be forgiven for thinking the election of London's new mayor in May 2000...
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Capital questions:The priority areas that need to be addressed urgently
HEALTH. Although the mayor will not have direct responsibility for the new NHS London region, the King's Fund, the influential health-policy charity, has been lobbying to ensure the responsibility of...
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Bona fide or Bonaparte?
Are Tony Blair's efforts to remodel the PM's role politically sound, or is he, as some have suggested, falling victim to Bonapartism? Dennis Kavanagh reports. Left-wing Labour MP Tony Benn tabled a...
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Little to show for 20 years' work
The success rate of genetic testing is poor, according to James Le Fanu. The promise was huge. All sorts of genetic disorders would be eliminated once we could pinpoint the genes involved, test a...
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We'll never get into these genes
Many believe that genetic research offers a health utopia, but after the death of a patient on a gene therapy trial and the discovery of thousands more human genes, doubts have started to emerge....
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL www.nerc.ac.uk Earth...
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Thought bubbles
Manufacturers of washing-up liquid are helping to fund a Centre for Computational Science at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.Among other things, the centre will use advanced...
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THES on the web
Hundreds of job vacancies plus full summaries of The THES are available at our website at www.thesis.co.uk. In addition THESIS offers subscribers a host of other services, including our new research...
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Stockholm
Boel Flodgren, rector of the University of Lund, is heading Sweden's inquiry into the social and ethnic balance of students and staff in higher education. She is also looking at how universities can...
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Kinshasa
A special plane bearing United Nations colours ferried question papers for would-be students at the University of Kinshasa from a rebel-held enclave in the eastern Congo for marking in the city under...
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Cutting edge
A great Leonid display comes but once every 33 years, lighting up the lives of amateur astronomers everywhere This week's Leonid meteor shower was one of the most eagerly awaited astronomical events...
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Uni backs student in fight for job
The University of Northumbria has welcomed a ruling from the European Court of Justice that has backed one of its post- graduates in her fight to have her application for a post in Madrid's Prado art...
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Task force acts to halt divide
PARIS The THES reports on two conferences with one agenda - global learning A task force set up by Unesco and the World Bank to map the future of the university sector in the developing world will...
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Heads plan to make knowledge a common goal
DURBAN The THES reports on two conferences with one agenda - global learning More than a dozen Commonwealth education and training organisations pledged to work together to place education at the...