Peer (and MP) review
I wonder if the Campaign for Science and Engineering knows enough history to recognise Benito Mussolini's model of a "corporate state"? ("Loss of science expertise feared", News, 14 June.) The group...
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Creative with facts
Three cheers for Geraint Wiggins' plea for creativity in the sciences ("Hidden in plain sight", 7 June). But why is the situation so bad that this notion seems odd to so many?The source of the...
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Final bastion of freedom
The brochure for the 1936 Barcelona Peoples' Olympiad is indeed a poignant reminder of the tragedy that was the Spanish Civil War (Odds and Quads, 14 June). Barcelona was the last city to fall to...
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Gluttons for punishment
Polly Jones, in her insightful review of Orlando Figes' Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag (Books, 14 June), calls for further explanation of why some victims of...
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Choice cut
Million+ has not said that post-1992 universities would lose out because they would be in direct competition for places with private institutions ("Private providers set to go head to head with...
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I read "Die hard copy" with interest (14 June). But if a university tried to make everything digital, what would happen to degree certificates?Alex Chablo, Manchester
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Aztec empire-building
A number of articles in ߣߣƵ have reflected the unrest among UK academics at the way in which universities are managed (eg, “Academy rots from the head and it stinks”, Opinion, 10...
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John Adams, 1939-2012
An "affable and amusing" scholar whose expertise ranged from 18th-century legal treatises to the latest developments in intellectual property law has died.John Adams was born on 24 December 1939,...
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THE Scholarly Web
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Campus round-up
University of LiverpoolBirth of a collaborative movementA university is leading a scheme to improve maternal and new-born healthcare in Uganda. The University of Liverpool project, which has received...
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Sweet or sour? Fans of Grayling's courses defend the menu
A discussion of the merits of private venture made for a spicy dish. David Matthews reports
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Farce majeure
The campus novel is a proud tributary of the comic flow of English letters. From Amis to Bradbury and from the page to the TV screen, the academy has proved to be a superior source for humour - but...
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Open vistas create a 'living body' of work
A low-cost open-access journal aims to modernise the act of publication. Paul Jump reports
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Suu Kyi collects doctorate at belated Oxford homecoming
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford during a ceremony at the institution’s Sheldonian Theatre.
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Exam watchdog publishes proposals on A-level oversight
A-level courses could require a stamp of approval by learned societies or “a subgroup of universities” under plans put forward by the exam regulator Ofqual.