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Dynasties and nasty deaths
Chronicle of the Roman Emperors
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Iceman cometh through the window
Archaeology
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Russia's redundant revolutionary
The Gorbachev Factor - Life and Reforms
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The end of history: a readers' companion
The Encyclopedia of Democracy
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Stalin's vilified victim
Trotsky
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a novelist with an entomological bent: "Growing quieter and communicating almost unconsciously through glances, they thought that it would soon be time, too, to find...
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Speaking Volumes: The Road to Serfdom
John Blundell on Friedrich Hayek's The Road to Serfdom . I stumbled on to Hayek's book by accident. I saw a reference to it by George Orwell: "This book should be read by everybody" he commanded. I...
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Awards
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE David Coyle, University of Strathclyde, was voted Financial Director of 1996 by Scotland's business community. PAUL DIRAC MEDAL. J. Pendry, professor in the department of...
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Elections
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE The Education and Employment Committee of the House of Commons, elected Malcolm Thornton as chairman. Members are: Don Foster, Harry Greenaway, Warren Hawksley,...
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL European funds. Dr M. Beach, Pounds 93,374 from the European Commission (ACTS 0026 Tsunami II); Drs A. Munro and J. Kyle, Pounds 694,392 from the Commission (Umptidumpti ACTS...
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Close encounters of a higher kind
Roy Brown, the first professor in the college sector, outlines the benefits of running degree courses with universities. Few in either further or higher education need reminding that we are living in...
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The Big Brother syndrome
Alison Utley relays colleges' fears of merging funding. Rapid changes taking place at the further/higher education boundary have prompted funding chiefs to re-examine the financing of courses that...
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Battle of the baby bulge
The hybrid market-led approach to higher education is the only viable model, argues David Eade. Many colleges have been concerned about what they perceive as growing hostility towards higher...
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Take your partners, please
Peter Scott and Jean Bocock found a cosier learning culture in colleges offering higher education. Once, links between further and higher education were largely confined to colleges putting on access...