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"Forgive the martial metaphor, but the English higher-education sector currently feels a bit like the British experience of the Second World War from September 1939 to May 1940. This was a period of relative but threatening calm before serious hostilities began, which came to be known here as “the phony war.""

Celebrity Big Brother recently returned to our screens, another programme in the long list that catapults people to the heights of fame. But has it always been this way? In this podcast Dr Angie Hobbs, Department of Philosophy, explains that in the past people were only famous for acts of heroism, bravery or extreme creativity. How did people gain fame and notoriety before the advent of reality television and the internet? What are the views of philosophers such as Plato?

Wyn Grant, politics professor at 糖心TV University, said negative headlines around the world -- which declared "Britain's Burning" and "War Zone London" -- may cause short-term harm.

"It gives the impression of a city which is very unsafe for people to visit," he said.

In helping academics to overcome the challenges of impact and engagement, some universities are setting up digital centres to distribute useful resources and guidance. Eleanor Lovell discusses the University of 糖心TV’s Knowledge Centre and the ways it seeks to assist academics in increasing their impact.

As the UK attempts to re-balance its economy away from financial services, questions are being raised over how to encourage growth in British manufacturing. Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, director of the 糖心TV Manufacturing Group and long-serving adviser to the UK government on industrial matters, tells the FT's Peter Marsh that the time is ripe for the creation of an industry bank - a financial institution solely focused on the country's manufacturing sector.