Utility judgement
Regarding "Failing the Turing test" (21 June): Fred Inglis' attack on the research excellence framework offers a sterile response to a dispiriting problem, and in doing so misses the point.Impact...
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Singularly annoying
Regarding "After 'fightback', Classics will no longer be all Greek to urban youth" (News, 5 July). It reminded me of my continual irritation at the neglect of the singular nouns "phenomenon" and "...
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Copy that (it's cheaper)
One of the books recently reviewed in ߣߣÊÓƵ, Modern Women in China and Japan (12 July), was advertised as having 224 pages and a price of £56.As a work of scholarship, the book may...
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You've said enough
Charles Husband asks why so many academics are incapable of keeping to their allotted time at conferences ("Discourse and discourtesy", 12 July). What? Does he mean us? Then again, I note that...
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Research Intelligence - Higgsteria: it's only the beginning
New 'big physics' projects will need global funding and public support. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education
• When Karl Marx outlined his theory of class conflict, he missed one key contributing factor: the use of contextual data in university admissions. "Social engineering 'could lead to class war'",...
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Leader: Retain our critical faculties
In dark days, the academy must dare to look beyond arguments for economic impact and restate the case for its intrinsic value
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From Where I Sit - The English are coming
Until recently, English students were something of a rarity at German universities. Indeed, one German administrator commented that "a few years ago, you were more likely to meet a Mongolian student...
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Odds and quads
These images are just a few of the hundreds held by the University of Manchester vice-chancellor's office charting changing life at the institution.
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Appointments
Kingston UniversityBarbara PierscionekExperts from different subject fields and universities should work together more closely to secure research grants, believes the new associate dean of research...
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19 July 2012
Win-win - With eyes on the prize, campuses welcome Olympians
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The Dark Knight Rises
Batman’s true superpower is to reflect the dark side of human nature. Will Brooker asks if he’s really the protector we deserve
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Economy of expression
Christopher Bigsby is as qualified as any chancellor - and less harmful
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Cult of personalities
As the social science model of history has been overtaken by events, biography has grown as a serious discipline. This is welcome, says Jonathan Steinberg: after all, people make history (but not in...