Buoyed by Brazil
You recently referred to The Observer's coverage of the visit to Brazil by David Willetts, the universities and science minister, and several UK university representatives (The Week in Higher...
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Surveillance society
Gary Thomas and Nick Peim are right ("In ourselves we trust: if quality is the aim, think outside the tick-box", 14 July): the removal of trust means the removal of responsibility. I would go further...
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Fresh taints
The University of Oxford should be proud of the way in which it has used its Rupert Murdoch chair of language and communication to turn "bad money into good" ("Oxford steadfast on Murdoch links", 14...
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Listen and learn
While I support the general drift of your editorial "Give them incentives to improve" (14 July), I observe that the word "teach" and derivatives of it appear 13 times and "learning" three.The two are...
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Film review: Beginners
A handsome terrier lightens the load for a formidable trio grappling with life's mysteries, finds Duncan Wu
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TV review: Delphi: The Bellybutton of the Ancient World
'Know thyself', says Gary Day, of an examination of Delphi, and finds that applies equally to old rockers
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Zbynek Zeman, 1928-2011
Zbynek Zeman was a Czech scholar who "became very English" without ever forgetting his European roots, and who retained a lifelong passion for communicating the history of central Europe to an...
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Campus round-up
University of SheffieldEngineering expansionPlans for a £20 million new engineering graduate school have been unveiled. The undertaking is the first stage in a major project to remodel and refurbish...
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Odds and quads
During the past Ice Age, this large sabre-toothed cat (Smilodon californicus) ventured into the La Brea pits near Los Angeles, where tar still bubbles to the surface from underground hydro-carbon...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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21 July 2011
Swing theory - Unpicking ߣߣƵ’s demand-led reforms
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Low fee puts OU and partners in pole position to snap up ‘biddable’ places
Distance learning specialist the Open University will undercut every higher education institution in England in 2012 by charging fees of £5,000 a year for degrees from September 2012, it has been...
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Decision to scrap Education Maintenance Allowance ‘ill thought through’
A committee of MPs has criticised the way in which the government cut the Education Maintenance Allowance, which supported poor 16-19 year olds in education.
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Report sets out benefits and pitfalls of international partnerships
The higher education sector in the UK is undergoing “a strategic shift” in the way it thinks about internationalisation, according to a report published today.