Anatomy of leadership 1 of 4
Regarding your articles on vice-chancellors ("Academy rots from the head and it stinks ..."; "... No, sector's big fish a value-for-money dish", Opinion, 10 May): this is just what THE should...
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Anatomy of leadership 2 of 4
David Bignell, emeritus professor of zoology at Queen Mary, University of London, has offered a polite critique to the ongoing restructuring at the institution ("Madness of metrics", 3 May). His...
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Anatomy of leadership 3 or 4
The presence in the same issue of an item about the creation of "provost" and "president and rector" posts at Imperial College London (The week in higher education, 3 May) and David Bignell's "...
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Anatomy of leadership 4 of 4
In his timely indictment of the chancellors of vice, Fred Inglis refers to "the present poisoning of the English mind by crude cupidity" ("Academy rots from the head and it stinks ...", 10 May). I...
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Watching the watchers
I read with dismay the comments made by the Arts and Humanities Research Council spokesman about my complaints regarding its peer-review standards ("Pianist wants comeback as review hits bum notes",...
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Familiar manoeuvre
The picture from Kind Hearts and Coronets was perhaps even more appropriate than R.E. Rawles realised ("Tragedy and farce", Letters, 3 May).The incident was based on the death in 1893 of Admiral Sir...
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Second-hand Shavian wit
"All professions are conspiracies against the laity" ("Amateur ethos", Letters, 10 May) is an idea coined by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations and later used by G.B. Shaw.J.L. Hutton, Department of...
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Evan Wright, 1924-2012
A registrar who served the University of Bristol in various roles for almost 40 years - including seeing the institution through a period of student unrest - has died at the age of 87.Evan Wright was...
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Campus round-up
Queen Mary, University of LondonCondition of the heartAll babies should be screened for heart defects at birth, an academic has said. A simple non-invasive test called pulse oximetry could detect...
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17 May 2012
Time and space - Periods of reflection: the essence of learning
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Dismissal threat for metrics letter
Biologist risks ‘gross misconduct’ over comments on Queen Mary restructuring. John Morgan writes
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Salford plan to axe Italian gets tongue-lashing
Students and academics have condemned the University of Salford’s plans to shut down its Italian department, warning of damage to British graduate skills in a globalised economy.
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Abertay appoints new principal
The University of Abertay Dundee has appointed a new vice-chancellor and principal almost a year after the previous head of the institution left amid a row over his retirement.
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Campus Review: Redundancies reduced at Sydney
By Jennifer Bennett for Campus Review