Sussex link to PR studies is in the mind, but it lingers
Firm that tests psychological reactions to brands 'not connected' to university. David Matthews writes
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AdmissionsIndependently mindedUniversity admissions officers are most impressed by applicants who demonstrate a desire to study independently, a poll has found. Almost half of the admissions officers...
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Communications channels open, but the signals are unfocused
Top UK universities' marketing fails to match peers in business or charity. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Keep your nose out of my CV
One of our senior academics, Dr Piercemuller, has denounced the establishment by commercial company Graduate Prospects of a new database that will, for a fee of £10, check the veracity of academic...
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Social engagement
Regarding "Beyond those shores" (7 June), which features several comments by me on Kyoto University's position apropos the higher education situation in Japan: I am quoted as saying that "for us,...
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The state is all ears
Woody Caan's letter "Peer (and MP) review" (21 June) talks about the need for scientists to come forward who are willing to travel to Westminster and give Parliament the benefit of their expertise....
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All talk, not enough action
Nick Petford makes many excellent points in his discussion of "innovation" ("Greater value than money", Opinion, 28 June). I appreciate his view that in essence, "innovation is new thinking that...
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Chance now slim
I agree with John Sutherland about physical visits to the archives, visits I have made over the decades - although being a labour historian, not in such romantic venues ("Raiders of the lost archives...
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Quote for quote
Geoffrey Alderman's reluctance to give his services for free to a "private for-profit company" ("Shake the moneymakers", Letters, 28 June) seems at odds with his obvious willingness to contribute (...
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Two-tier intentions
Regarding "Quiet revolutionaries target fresh territory" (News, 21 June): the article states that some respondents see the emergence of a two-tier university system "as an 'unintended and damaging'...
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Research Intelligence - Hub 'buzz' promises impact legacy
The AHRC's knowledge-transfer quartet wants to highlight impact of research. Paul Jump reports
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The week in higher education
• The roll call of intellectual heavyweights pronouncing on the future of higher education from Robbins to Dearing now boasts a new name: Titchmarsh. In a 30 June interview with The Daily Telegraph,...
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Leader: Agents of potential misfortune
With immigration and university standards hot issues, any impropriety involving recruiters abroad could tar the sector
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From Where I Sit - Remembrance of medicine past
Imagine this: a miniature orchestra made of mice skeletons playing a "rhapsody in death". Tiny claws hold minute instruments in front of minuscule music stands, while a petite conductor waves an...