THE Scholarly Web - 23 January 2014
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Q&A with Nick Wright
We speak to the pro vice‑chancellor for research and innovation at Newcastle University
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Reginald Foakes, 1923-2013
One of the leading Shakespearean scholars of his generation has died
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News in brief - 23 January 2014
Student recruitmentSalford revises ad-spend dataLast week ߣߣƵ reported that the University of Salford had trebled its spending on marketing to prospective students between 2010-11...
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Grant winners - 23 January 2014
National Institute for Health ResearchPublic Health Research programmeAward winner: Helen ElseyInstitution: University of LeedsValue: £464,761Understanding the impacts of care farms on health and...
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Title holder supreme
Further to Richard M. S. Wilson’s letter (9 January) on the confusing plethora of titles adopted by UK universities to identify academic staff, it is worth remembering that the former colleges of...
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Burdensome language
What does it say about the status of teaching (and, by extension, students) in some universities when a news report refers to academics being “freed” from “the burden of teaching” and “protected”...
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Digital humanities 2.0
I could not agree more with Geoffrey Crossick that the arts and humanities are “way behind” the sciences in the open access debate (“Digital age of opportunity for the monograph”, News, 16 January)....
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Hitlerian evolution
Your reviewer of my book Was Hitler a Darwinian? Disputed Questions in the History of Evolutionary Theory (Books, 16 January) might well secure an appointment with her optometrist.She claims that...
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Moocs: giving or gobbling?
Surprise, surprise: the turkeys vote against Christmas (“Higher education ‘hype cycle’ that can be both vicious and virtuous”, Opinion, 9 January; “Hits and myths: Moocs may be wonderful idea, but...
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Leaders need a solid inside knowledge
Re “Leading question: scholar or executive?”, News, 16 January. There is a myth that top executives from one field do well in another. For example, it was thought that stuffy engineers were ill-...
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Essex changes tack on strike pay row
V-c acknowledges ‘agonising’ decision faced by staff over two-hour walkout
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Cable ‘shares’ fears over threat to WP funding
Vince Cable has told MPs he agrees that scrapping student opportunity funding would “most impact” groups such as low-income and disabled students.
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David Richardson appointed as new UEA v-c
David Richardson is to become vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia when present incumbent Edward Acton retires in September