Keep Rossetti in the picture
Two articles by Matthew Reisz draw welcome attention to excellent Victorian art exhibitions, but neither does Dante Gabriel Rossetti justice.To say that none of Rossetti's paintings comes close to...
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Independently stealthy
We must thank Thomas Docherty for reminding us just how ignorant ministers are about the powers of the Office for Fair Access ("Rethink funding 'mess' to achieve democratic and wide participation,"...
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Same fees, more help
It is not the case that "lower fees have been proposed" for students resident in Wales who study at Welsh universities ("Underlying disorders", 7 April). Subject to the Higher Education Funding...
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Why minds don't meet
Jon Nixon asks why academics are "not guiding their personal tutees on at least a weekly basis through the intricacies of academic choice and those relating to social well-being" (Letters, 7 April)....
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Give jaw-jaw a chance
While I fully accept Tom Hickey's arguments about the unfair and significant losses that university employers seek to inflict on staff by their hard line on changes to the Universities Superannuation...
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Plate-glass perils
To Salford's Sue Powell ("Staines has fallen", Letters, 7 April), surely aiming brickbats at "philistines" is an ill-advised activity for senior academics living in plate-glass universities?Anthony...
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A starring role beckons
As the student experience becomes more crucial to universities' survival, administrators see a chance to step out of their supporting parts. John Morgan examines how their positions may expand and...
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Rising in the East
Fifty years ago this week, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin fulfilled humanity's ancient dream by ascending into the heavens. Colin Pillinger considers the First Cosmonaut's space odyssey and the...
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THE Leadership and Management Awards 2011: Shortlist
Shortlist picks out the people who help keep universities running even in the toughest of times
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TV reviews: Dispatches & Campus
Gary Day finds absurdity in two programmes on universities - and only one is on a fictional campus
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Campus round-up
University of SheffieldMexican wave reaches YorkshireA university has signed an agreement with Mexico's national science body to promote joint industrial research. The University of Sheffield's...
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Odds and quads
This model ship, made of matchsticks by members of the "Upington 26", is on display in the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town.
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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14 April 2011
Into the limelight - Administrators believe reforms herald a bigger role
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Liam Burns elected as next NUS president
Liam Burns has been elected as the next president of the National Union of Students, pledging to “reject the idea of students as consumers” and “dismantle the fees regime”.