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The script we all have to read
Constructing Death
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More conference stories on the web
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No marginal subjects
David Starkey scorns histories of the working-class.He prefers 'big and important' topics such as Elizabeth I, who, it seems, was abused as a child. Harriet Swain meets the 'rudest man in Britain'....
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Two takes on the left
Have you missed a conference call? Don't worry, here are the highlights of the recent get-togethers of sociologists, art historians and political scientists. Future of Democracy: cancelled" was the...
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I just don't have time
Have you missed a conference call? Don't worry, here are the highlights of the recent get-togethers of sociologists, art historians and political scientists. I once went to visit a physicist in his...
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Exploring the visual everywhere
Have you missed a conference call? Don't worry, here are the highlights of the recent get-togethers of sociologists, art historians and political scientists. Art history, says Carol Richardson of...
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A reason to cry wolf
As wolf populations multiply, so do attacks on people and livestock. Steve Farrar reports on a clash between academics and 'wolf huggers' over how to respond. James Howell caught a fleeting glimpse...
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Higher channels
John Davies selects from the broadcasting menu (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week A lot gets packed into the 90 minutes of The Holocaust on Trial (Saturday 7.15 C4). Not only does it...
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Survival was a numbers game
Everyone has the genetic ability to do maths, claims Keith Devlin. So why don't most of us use it? How's your maths? Most people assume that it takes a special kind of brain to be able to do...
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Jerusalem
Arab students demonstrated against the government last week at the Hebrew University and at Tel Aviv and Ben-Gurion universities, in sympathy with their colleagues at Haifa University, who have been...
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Athens
Greece's new education secretary, Petros Efthymiou, has called on the academic community to enter an open dialogue to find solutions for the problems besetting Greek higher education.
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Padua
The university of Padua is leading Italy's universities in an online project, Thesis, aimed at eliminating plagiarism of theses by both students and professors. The universities of Bologna, Siena,...
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Stone wall
(Photograph) - Bolivian university students armed with slingshots clash with police in La Paz in five days of protests that led to the declaration of a state of emergency and suspension of...
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Scrutiny agency bullishly defended
The universities' quality watchdog has mounted a robust defence of the Quality Assurance Agency, telling MPs that the agency's critics are mostly "elitists", writes Phil Baty. In a pre-emptive strike...