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Force is with Skywalker Blair, not Tigger Hague Students associate prime minister Tony Blair with goody-two-shoes Star Wars character Luke Skywalker and Ann Widdecombe with puppet moggy Bagpuss, a...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Researchers at the University of Greenwich have been investigating the properties of diatomaceous earth for protecting stored food from pests, a technique that dates back at least 4,...
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US Supreme Court upholds affirmative action The United States Supreme Court has backed race-based admissions after years of lower court rulings, as well as referendums, that have chipped away at the...
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The Guardian Plans for a Β£22 million modern extension of the Royal College of Art are to be unveiled. The building could be the standard-bearer for future art and design teaching...
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Hefce funds fee impact study Funding chiefs are examining how tuition fees affect the participation and choices of higher education students. The study is one of...
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Natfhe calls for governance ombudsman Delegates at lecturers' union Natfhe's annual conference have called for an ombudsman to deal with concerns about governance in post-school education....
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Latest international news
Domain name sparks trademark battle The University of North Carolina is seeking $100,000 (Β£70,600) in damages from the originators of an adult website that uses βUNCβ in its domain name. The...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian Barry Cunliffe, professor of European archaeology at Oxford, has turned the belief that the Romans brought civilisation to the barbarians of Britain upside down by claiming that the...
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Wisdom and curiosity? I remember them well
Whatever happened to the academic aims of intellectual inquiry and helping humanity? asks Nicholas Maxwell. Academic inquiry has two fundamental interrelated aims. Both are at present betrayed. One...
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Red light for green inspiration
It's time for John Prescott to deliver a more delicate touch to town planning, says Chris Miller. An election campaign is not the ideal time to discuss the role of the state in balancing public good...
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Why I believe we need a new curriculum for the environment
In what has been dubbed the "century of the environment", we find ourselves in danger of wrecking the planet. The crisis is now, today, not in the future. The stress comes from a few industrialised...
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Cutting edge: Peter Ratoff
The race is on to find the Higgs boson particle, the key to the origin of mass. The discovery of the most elusive particle in the universe is the target for two international teams of particle...
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Stricken star backs stem cell research
Christopher Reeve, the American celebrity who has increased public awareness of spinal cord injury, is criticising his government for its policies on human embryonic stem cell research. Reeve told...
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The right way for a public say
How should science consult the citizen? Gene Rowe looks at the most effective ways to involve lay people. Involving the public in societal matters is in fashion, particularly with regard to...