Film review: The Princess of Montpensier
A routine costume-drama story is transformed by the casting, writing and direction, says Duncan Wu
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TV review: The Shadow Line
The brain's ability to remember and make sense of our past reflects our deeper needs, says Gary Day
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Barbara Scholz, 1947-2011
The choice between "learning and earning" was always an easy one for Barbara Scholz, whose passion for academia and the pursuit of knowledge was a constant throughout her life.Born in Ohio in 1947,...
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Campus round-up
Kingston UniversityPenny for your causeDesign students have turned their talents to developing a new way of donating to charity. The scheme designed by Helen Parry and Stuart Kench at Kingston...
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Odds and quads
These lantern slides are among the treasures of the little-known Alfred Denny Museum at the University of Sheffield's department of animal and plant sciences.
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Who would want to be in the driving seat on the road to nowhere?
With its brittle certainty, uncertainty and risky punts, the White Paper will win few hearts, especially among students, says Sir David Watson
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7 July 2011
This little piggy got £27,000… - Can empowering students make a higher education market work?
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Whispering City: Rome and Its Histories, by R.J.B. Bosworth
Visitors to Rome typically notice precisely what they have come to see, namely its classical, early Church, Renaissance and Baroque monuments and vestiges
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Private college announces sub-£6k fees for undergraduate degrees
One of the only private providers with taught degree-awarding powers has announced it is to offer its full-time undergraduate degrees for a maximum of £6,000 from 2012-13.
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Hefce helps graduates find jobs – but some feel ‘like a cheap pair of hands’
An internship scheme funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England has managed to place around one in three graduates in permanent or long-term jobs, according to a new report.
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‘I plead guilty to believing in choice’: Willetts responds to attack by Howard Hotson
David Willetts has rejected accusations that he wants to introduce a US-style model of higher education in a response to criticisms from a University of Oxford academic.
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Inside Higher Ed: Oral history, unprotected
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Plans for Welsh 'super university' in doubt as Uwic pulls out
Plans to create a 'super university' in Wales by merging three institutions have been dealt a blow after the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff said it was no longer in discussions about the idea.