Willetts hands-on in the speech that never was
David Willetts put science and future technology at the heart of his vision of markets created by "strong and effective government" - in a speech that was never delivered.
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When does a data stream become a tsunami?
Could society be placing too much reliance on the quantity of information at its disposal when it should be equally focused on its accuracy?That is one of the key questions that will be asked by...
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News in brief
EU fundingDon't cut here, say award-winnersAn open letter from 42 Nobel laureates and five Fields medallists has warned governments in the European Union against cutting the organisation's future...
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Survival skills tested in the Canadian wilderness
A different approach to undergraduate study at the private Quest University is thriving, finds Erin Millar
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Suitable address
Casual wear is not inimical to seriousness, Sue Norton says, but formal titles do have their pedagogical merits
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Crying Woolf
"I've never heard of vacillating sexual identity. I was simply following orders."That was how our Head of Campus Security, Brigadier T.W. Trouncing, responded to critics of his decision to interrupt...
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State actor still best for accountability role (1 of 2)
Geoffrey Alderman appears to argue that the state has no right to seek to regulate in any way universities that receive public funding for student education or research (Letters, 25 October).I agree...
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State actor still best for accountability role (2 of 2)
In its recently published response to its consultation on a risk-based approach to quality assurance, the Higher Education Funding Council for England alleges in paragraph 7 that it has a statutory...
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Expert trumpet-blowing
Every successful operation needs teamwork. Before surgeons operate, anaesthetists attend to the patients. Chefs cook the food and waiting staff deliver it to the tables. So why should academics write...
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Spare the special pleading
It is perhaps unsurprising that Vikesh Kakad, president of the British Pharmaceutical Students' Association, and John Smart, chairman of the Pharmacy Schools Council, fear the spectre of an increase...
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Tourist turn-offs
The government's refusal to budge on the issue of excluding university-sponsored students from its net migration figures, despite compelling economic and academic arguments for doing so, is beginning...
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More farce than threat
Richard J. Evans' account of student protests during the Queen's visit to the University of Stirling in 1972 brought back fond memories - I was a member of the students' union council that was...
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Believers in science
In "Believing is not always seeing" (Books, 25 October), Steve Fuller writes: "Religious believers know how the secular world works, yet they openly reject its principles without compromising their...
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Invitation to spend
This is a warning about a change of language, especially for professors emeriti.I received a letter requesting that I give an invited lecture at a certain conference in another country and I agreed....
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'All should be welcome' on higher rungs of the ladder
Procedures must change to improve women’s options, says Brunel’s new head. Jack Grove writes