Dressing down
Margot Feelbetter missed the point in her response regarding a university's demand that its academics "dress up" on open days ("Cosmetic effect", 17 March).British universities have overtly practised...
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Failure is not an option
Reflexive claims for the US academy's greatness ring hollow, says John Summers, given elite institutions' tight links with economic and political power and lack of appetite for challenging ideas
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Identity check: Vice-chancellors' education and pay revealed
In a time of unprecedented change for the UK's academy, its leaders are under the spotlight as never before. Accordingly, ߣߣÊÓƵ has augmented its annual survey of pay in the sector...
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Film review: The Housemaid
An unbelievable, unerotic thriller may still appeal to viewers' sense of silliness, concludes Duncan Wu
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TV review: Dispatches: Britain's Secret Fat Cats
Gary Day asks what is meant by the Big Society when the government seems intent on dismantling it
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Campus round-up
IoE/East London/SheffieldImagination still alive and wellComputer games, pop music and television are enriching rather than destroying the imaginative games that children play, according to a study....
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Odds and quads
This sculpture of a kangaroo, located incongruously near the entrance of the library at Stockholm University, is the work of Torsten Renqvist (1924-2007).
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Drag and drop to create a top-scoring 'dream team'
A new tool allows managers to assess and build on research groups’ performance. Paul Jump reports
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24 March 2011
Heads up - Vice-chancellors’ education and pay revealed
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Budget 2011: Osborne’s bank raid benefits science
A £100 million cash injection for four research campuses has been announced in today’s Budget.
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New body mooted to take reins of Welsh academy
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales could be scrapped and replaced by a new body holding full powers to govern Welsh universities under proposals welcomed by Leighton Andrews, Wales’...
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Tara Brabazon: Expectations should be high – for academics as well as students
Through all the talk of learning outcomes, summative and formative assessment, quality assurance and global rankings, a silent fear hangs in the air of lecture theatres, tutorial rooms and...
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Home secretary unveils visa changes
Controversial measures to restrict student visas have been announced by the government.
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Scottish students propose ways to close funding gap
Students in Scotland have proposed measures to address a potential funding gap between Scottish and English universities. By James Titcomb