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The search for a grain of truth in a pile of rice
Could a falling grain of rice help historians explain the outbreak of war or a stock-market crash? Some physicists believe it could. Mark Buchanan reports In 1934, the historian H. A. L. Fisher came...
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Is this a hard act to follow?
The culture of higher education has changed much over the past half century, but with the full introduction of the Human Rights Act, the sector could face its greatest challenge yet, argues Dennis...
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What the human rights act will mean for legal education
Traditionally, the discipline of law in England, as reflected in the practice of judges, advocates, scholars or teachers, has been sceptical, pragmatic, and inductive and it is hard see why the Human...
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What the human rights act will mean for social policy studies
The first implication of the Human Rights Act for social policy teachers relates to teaching and learning strategies. Acquiring knowledge of the relevant articles could encourage more rote learning...
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What the human rights act will mean for decisions on human fertility
The one in six couples who are infertile are among those awaiting the coming of the act. They will ask whether they are denied their human rights by the National Health Service or the private clinics...
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Peace, prose and alchemy: Change the world and you'll win the prize
Small proze for man, a giant leap for mankind. Laureates reveal what winning meant to them Joseph Rotblat won the Nobel peace prize in 1995 in association with the Pugwash Conferences on science and...
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Peace, prose and alchemy: Change the world and you'll win the prize
Small proze for man, a giant leap for mankind. Laureates reveal what winning meant to them Nigerian Wole Soyinka won the Nobel prize for literature in 1986 as a writer "who in a wide cultural...
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Peace, prose and alchemy: Change the world and you'll win the prize
Small proze for man, a giant leap for mankind. Laureates reveal what winning meant to them Sir John Walker was awarded the Nobel for chemistry in 1997 for elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism...
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Higher channels
John Davies anatomises the broadcasting week (all times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week Simon Schama's epic History of Britain series starts on BBC2 with two one-hour episodes (Saturday 8.05 (...
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Small prize for man, a giant leap for mankind
The Nobel Foundation is 100 next month. Asa Briggs looks for patterns in a history of excellence, while, below, laureates reveal what winning meant to hem When a bestselling American book, In Search...
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Original work
(Photograph) - Silvio Ruggieri, the first Saatchi Scholar at Chelsea College of Art and Design, presented his show 'Origin and Destination 0.02: Pathological Form', last week. Photograph by JOEL CHANT
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Sheffield at centre of crisis in funding
Union leaders fear job losses nationally and are threatening strikes. Tony Tysome reports Low goals: on many measures, the educational performance of Sheffield's youngsters is below the national...
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Readers' reactions
Last month in The THES...John Stein advocated the introduction of special selection tests Nigel Probert Caerphilly Universities should offer subjects for extended essay (2,500-3,000 words) to final-...
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Abolish fees call amid high-level doubts
Alan Thomson reports from the Lib Dem's conference in Bournemouth Liberal Democrats have reaffirmed calls to abolish tuition fees, even though a senior party member said abolition would penalise the...