Masquerade of living dolls
Is there a 'real' woman behind exaggerated performances of femininity enacted by Kylie and Jordan? Hatty Oliver investigates This month, the Victoria and Albert Museum launches Kylie - The Exhibition...
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A dark stain under a shining deed
Britain led the way in abolishing slavery 200 years ago, but also profited vastly from the slave trade. James Walvin challenges historians to delve into this puzzling conundrum Last October, Brown...
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Parallel lives
An academic and his undergraduate son at the same university offer different perspectives on an issue. The father Rain - that was the highlight of the Christmas holiday. Rain - and wind, and a bunch...
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Even the syllables delight
Ulysses isn't simple, but nor is it 'filthy' and 'unreadable'. On the 125th anniversary of Joyce's birth, Derek Attridge says any open-minded reader will revel in its audacity, invention, language...
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Dual inspiration
A new model for collaboration united Oxford's two universities and two local authorities to help the community reclaim public spaces and allow cultural life to blossom. Robert Hutchison reports Broad...
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Today's news
Union publishes guidance to end fixed-term contracts The University and College Union today launched a help kit for academic staff on fixed-term or hourly-paid contracts as part of its campaign to...
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Latest research news
Nobel prize winners join calls to open research to all More than 12,000 academics including two Nobel laureates have signed a petition urging the European commission to make publicly funded academic...
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Today's news
Report rebukes lecturers' union over pay dispute Leaders of the Association of University Teachers unexpectedly settled last year's bitter lecturers' pay dispute in a desperate bid to be seen as the...
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Today's news
Jobs unfilled because graduates 'lack basic leadership skills' Almost half of employers failed to fill vacancies last year because many university graduates lack basic communication and leadership...
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Today's news
US business schools top world rankings American business schools continue to dominate the top of the table for global MBA programmes. For the third year running the University of Pennsylvania's...
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Profits of being top of the table
Ranking Business Schools
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Driven by the desire to be disliked
The Life of Kingsley Amis
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Whydunnit case is closed but a real mystery remains
Agatha Christie
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A word from the wise to the not-so-wise
The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought
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An odd personality who never fails to split opinion
Utility and Democracy