Leader: Whoa! You forgot the road map
In its reckless rush for change, the government is endangering the charitable public-interest mission at the sector's core
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From where I sit - The social and political network
Just as the media, in the shape of US news channel CNN, surprised the world with coverage of the First Iraq War, now it is social media's turn to astonish us.This seems to have happened first when...
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Appointments
University of Central LancashirePhilip DyerThe University of Central Lancashire has appointed an alumnus as its first entrepreneur in residence. Philip Dyer, chairman of NXO and regional president of...
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Oxford denies that L'Oréal has hold over sponsored marketing chair
'Unfortunately phrased' ad endangers academic freedom, it is claimed. John Morgan reports
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Passionate intensity
The best careers advice? Follow your enthusiasms, says Kevin Fong
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Tribes & tribulations
Every discipline has quirks invisible to its insiders. Intrepid scholars who venture into a related field will discover a host of idiosyncrasies that shine new light on the oddities of one's own...
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The unseen academy
As officialdom's demands for meaningless Transparency and Information multiply, Thomas Docherty asks: has clandestine scholarship become the only way to carry out real research and teaching?
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In Grant we trust to defend the NHS (1 of 3)
You report that students at University College London have passed a motion of "no confidence" in Malcolm Grant, provost of the institution and the new chairman of the NHS Commissioning Board ("...
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In Grant we trust to defend the NHS (2 of 3)
"Running £730m UCL budget is a part-time job" is one-sided: it highlights the views of those opposed to the appointment of Malcolm Grant as chair of the NHS Commissioning Board, but does not reflect...
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In Grant we trust to defend the NHS (3 of 3)
There is nothing new in Malcolm Grant heading a health quango alongside his "day job" at UCL. In the mid-1990s, I lectured at the former University of Luton. Its vice-chancellor, Tony Wood, achieved...
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Master the bottleneck
David Blanchflower, former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, is partly right in saying that 100,000 extra university places should be created next year to address rising...
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Not by bread alone
If last week's editorial meant to reaffirm the centrality of bread-and-butter issues in the University and College Union's remit, I would second it ("Bread, not political poses", 3 November). However...
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Local science, local people
"Democratic experiments" (3 November) raises some interesting points. However, I think Jon Turney may be mistaken in thinking that "democratic" means that everyone cares about "the science bit"....
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This resistance is futile
I struggle to share Alan Ryan's positive evaluation of the Occupy Wall Street protests ("Kropotkin's heirs apparent", 3 November). While we might agree that they are "astonishingly good-natured",...
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Necessary standards
Your comment on the employment practices of Shorter University in the US seems to miss the point (The week in higher education, 3 November). Frowning on adultery is a vital aspect of "the boring '...