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The week in higher education
• Is a letter signed by the vice-chancellors of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge one of the most powerful pieces of paper in existence? Many will be wondering after a U-turn by the government...
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Leader: Let's ask profitable questions
The Finch group's open-access task is tricky, but has it missed a trick by not investigating publishers' profit margins?
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From where I sit - Doctors beware: paper is patient
Since early 2011, Germany has been rocked by a series of scandals relating to ethical breaches in doctoral dissertations authored by high-profile figures. These range from huge tracts of work being...
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Odds and quads
Of around 20 surviving maces made for universities in the Middle Ages, three are owned by the University of St Andrews. Probably the finest and most valuable is the St Salvator's College Mace shown...
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Appointments
Anglia Ruskin UniversityFarah MendlesohnA newly appointed professor of literary history at Anglia Ruskin University said it was the "sheer diversity" of her new department that drew her to the job....
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Beyond those shores
In a competitive world, Japanese universities are realising the importance of internationalisation if they don’t want to get left behind. But culture change can be a slow and difficult process. Jack...
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7 June 2012
A ‘black ship’ moment - Japan again plays catch-up with the world
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Gravity always wins
Between the fatuous emotion and the response falls Christopher Bigsby
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Hidden in plain sight
Our failure to acknowledge that science is spurred by the same creative impulse that fuels the arts does a disservice to future scientists and to society as a whole, argues Geraint Wiggins
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Legal nemesis for the agents of hubris (1 of 2)
George Th. Mavrogordatos' "Styx and stones" (24 May) is a breath of fresh air, and in my view an accurate summary of the present state of affairs in many Greek universities.The situation in Greek...
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Legal nemesis for the agents of hubris (2 of 2)
In response to the online comments about "Styx and stones", let me briefly dispel some misunderstandings.I wish I could do agitprop nowadays, as has been claimed! The sad facts are quite different....
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Planned departure
Recent reports that seek to link Ed Lester's planned departure from the Student Loans Company to media coverage of the previous tax arrangements in his contract are factually inaccurate ("Student...
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Inflation and obfuscation
As author of the Intergenerational Foundation report False Accounting?, I take issue with David Willetts' response to Liam Burns in ߣߣÊÓƵ ("Without fees reform, our children would...
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Still a rich man's world
I am studying for a master's degree at Durham University and am part of University College. Having enjoyed my undergraduate studies at the University of Liverpool, I relished the challenge of a new...