From where I sit - To the Collaborators, the spoils
The University of Western ߣߣÊÓƵ's Arts Building is a solemn 1930s stone structure, built beside the Swan River estuary but lacking the panache of other campus edifices with their hints of De...
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Appointments
University of SalfordGeorge McKayNot many academics are known to "rock out" during their lectures, but one has managed to get pretty close. George McKay, professor of cultural studies at the...
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Life and death lessons
Education’s true aims comprise a very short list, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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How not to get left on the shelf
Just penning a book isn't enough - academic authors want people to buy it and read it. Promotion is the publisher's domain, of course, but Dale Salwak is convinced that writers can make a big...
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Looks good on paper...
The PhD by publication offers an alternative path to the traditional PhD by thesis, but it is viewed by some as inferior. Richard Willis refutes the argument that it is second rate, and Christopher...
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Committee commended
The British Sociological Association (BSA) and the Council of Heads and Professors of Sociology welcome the Commons Science and Technology Committee's report on peer review.We are pleased that it...
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Gender pay gap distorted
I am writing in response to your article "There's no good reason for this inequality" (30 June). An accompanying table ("How women's pay compares with men's") shows some interesting comparisons and...
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Age-related vision loss
For the active researcher, retirement is not really a recognised state. But for research that is heavily reliant on research council funding, then a contracted appointment with a university is...
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Keep them guessing
I note that Lord Rees, master of Trinity College, Cambridge and former president of the Royal Society, in a conference on the future of the humanities has said that while it is accepted that...
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Autumn collection unveiled
Ann Mroz has created quite a fetching picture with her reference to Treasury cash coming with so many strings it "looks more like a macramé straitjacket" (Leader, 28 July). Could other splendour for...
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The duck is still alive; so is UCU's mission
We do not accept that national bargaining is a "dead duck" (Leader, 28 July), although the employers' representatives' efforts to drive down staff pay in recent years have no doubt prompted some...
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Adapt or die
Universities must enable research into fundamental issues about the meaning and purpose of life in order to be centres of intellectual excellence, as Philip Boobbyer notes (Letters, 28 July). Yet the...
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Could care more
Roger Watson is to be applauded for his opinion article on nurse preparation ("We need the IV leaguers", 28 July). The apparent incompatibility of "caring" with higher education is a tired cliche...
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Film review: Project Nim
A true story of how humans nurtured, used and then abandoned a chimp is unsettling for Duncan Wu
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Ken Darby-Dowman, 1948-2011
Ken Darby-Dowman was described by colleagues as "the perfect gentleman" and by students as "a true inspiration and mentor".Professor Darby-Dowman was born on 3 April 1948 in Belfast, but moved to...