Ex-UUK head in new role as smaller-than-life action hero
US academic's bespoke model of Sir Steve Smith is 'a lot thinner', subject observes. John Gill reports
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University of Abertay DundeeOnce and future departure of KingThe University of Abertay Dundee has once again confirmed the retirement of its suspended principal Bernard King, and said that all legal...
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Mersey-Lancs links spark fears
No urge to merge with Liverpool, insists Lancaster's v-c, but union sounds warning. John Morgan reports
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False economies
The EPSRC's funding shift from investigator-driven work to application-driven R&D is misguided, says Philip Moriarty
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Critical path: how did a book reviewer and an author end up in court?
Richard J. Evans weighs a High Court judgment that awarded an academic £65,000 in damages for negative coverage of her work
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Learn to discern
Technology is, of course, an aid to education, says Frank Webster, but we must teach students how to evaluate and filter information
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The new rules of the game
Laments about the ease with which we can be hypnotised by our past are merely the frustrated rants of culture's now-redundant gatekeepers, argues Philip Dodd
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Man about town
The future lies in greener, more intimate communities, Gary Day hears from a geographer on the edge
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Diary
LondonHe Who Dared: Dirk BogardeDirk Bogarde, who died in 1999 but would have been 90 this year, was one of the most celebrated and enigmatic British actors of his generation. Although he started his...
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The Pick - Edinburgh International and Fringe Festivals
Credit: Natasha RazinaRare event: Richard Strauss' opera Die Frau ohne SchattenEdinburgh International and Fringe FestivalsEdinburghEdinburgh is officially a city of 12 different festivals, but, with...
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Now it's Wobbleton University!
Fears that our university may be gaining a reputation for indecisiveness have been increased by the news of another change to our proposed undergraduate tuition fees for next year.When the new fees...
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Research intelligence - It's peerless, but it could be better still
MPs want to see a more robust and transparent peer-review process. Paul Jump writes
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Off Piste - A touch of class amid the asters and arias
Helen Fulton is unrepentant about her addiction to Glyndebourne, where high-end opera meets country-house garden to the delight of those of the English bourgeoisie who have secured tickets
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The week in higher education
• Some academics seek immortality through their ideas; Robert Ettinger sought immortality by having his body placed in a deep freezer after his death. Mr Ettinger, who has died at the age of 92,...
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Leader: Depriving the already deprived
In the scrum for AABs, elite institutions risk putting themselves beyond the reach of disadvantaged students