John Turner, 1947-2011
John Turner is remembered as a scholar who focused on the big questions and the things that mattered and who always completed tasks to the best of his ability.Born in London in 1947, Professor Turner...
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Campus round-up
University of OxfordFossil-fuelled discoveryResearchers working in ߣߣƵ have found the oldest-known fossils on Earth. A team of researchers from the University of Western ߣߣƵ and the...
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Odds and quads
These hair samples may look as if they come from the collection of a serial killer, but they were prepared by one of the major figures in the development of the University of Dundee's renowned...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Invasion of privacy
Even recalcitrant scholars can’t escape the mobile’s reach, says Sally Feldman
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1 September 2011
Second life - What happens when a single letter changes an author’s sex?
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Memory failure detected
A coalition of the willing is battling legal, logistical and technical obstacles to archive the riches of the mercurial World Wide Web for the benefit of future scholars. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Time to put lifelong learning back at the heart of ‘civic universities’
Universities will reap commercial and academic benefits by tapping into the skills of older people on lifelong learning courses, an academic has argued.
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Web marketing grows, but universities urged not to abandon personal approach
A major survey of online marketing to prospective international students has found that a “one size fits all” approach is unlikely to succeed, and that, for universities, a web presence is not a...
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Inside Higher Ed: Sociologists in Sin City
By Serena Golden, for Inside Higher Ed
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V-c’s ‘dismissive’ attitude to support staff provokes union ire
The vice-chancellor of the University of Northampton has been accused of “dismissing” the work of administrative and support staff after redundancy plans were announced.
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Fee rise prompts four out of five pupils to reconsider university plans
Most pupils planning to attend university from 2012 onwards are reconsidering their options due to the increase in tuition fees, according to a new poll.
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Aberdeen breaks cover, announcing £9,000 fees for English, Welsh and Northern Irish
The University of Aberdeen has become the first Scottish university to announce its tuition fees for undergraduates from the rest of the UK from 2012-13, charging £9,000.
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PhD to be investigated amid further suspicion of research misconduct
Imperial College London has announced it is reviewing the award of a PhD to a former student after it emerged that the paper that formed the basis of his thesis is to be retracted.