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British universities have good cause to fight the provisions of the new education bill, rightly last week called oppressive. Will academics have the stomach for what is bound to be a tedious business?
Japan's new electron-positron collider seems to have quickly won itself a reputation for excellence, showing that the familiar excellence of Japanese engineering can bring academic benefits.