Whither London Met? (2 of 2)
I wish to alert readers to how cuts are being imposed on London Metropolitan University's Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Languages and Education (Hale). Of 14 subject areas, only six will remain, in...
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Sophisticated chuckles
Chris Duke thinks I'm naive to suggest that it is the duty of academia to laugh at government while still taking its money ("Impact joke is on us", Letters, 28 April).But I did not say that we should...
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Ranter's charter
Congratulations to Fred Inglis on his wonderful parody of Leavisism ("Words as weapons", 5 May). He has perfectly captured its paranoid rhetoric and updated the wilful ignorance of anything F.R....
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A share of learning
As privatisation encroaches upon the UK higher education sector, should the academic and administrative staff of universities be encouraged to buy their university in order to keep their destiny in...
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Leg-up to the professions
City University London's Cass Business School runs a BSc in accounting and finance in collaboration with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) that offers students...
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Ale - a class apart (1 of 2)
Anthony Rodriguez (Letters, 5 May) may well have a point about discriminatory admission practices at female-only colleges (after all, history demonstrates nothing if not the unwarranted dominance of...
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Ale - a class apart (2 of 2)
I see that a University of Cambridge study has concluded that formal dining in the academy not only educates people on how to pass the port but is also central to the maintenance of the class system...
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Film review: Casino Jack
A flawed satire of the moral duplicity at the heart of American politics wins Duncan Wu's qualified praise
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TV review: Exile
Families can go to extreme lengths to keep their secrets, finds Gary Day, but the truth will out
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Richard Holmes, 1946-2011
A scholar, soldier and unlikely television star has died.Richard Holmes was born in Staffordshire on 29 March 1946 and educated at Forest School in northeast London before going on to read history at...
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THE Scholarly Web
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Campus round-up
Newcastle UniversityFull steam (or wind or sun) aheadScientists from an English university are leading a £3 million European Commission project to revolutionise the way ships harness energy....
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Odds and quads: Sainsbury Collection of world art
This basket decorated with seals was made of baleen, rushes and walrus ivory by Alaskan Inuit in the early 20th century.
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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12 May 2011
Eyes to the future - How one university has transformed itself for the new market place