Working title?
John Warren says the now ubiquitous title "professor" is "associated with the publication of highly regarded papers in increasingly narrow fields" ("Here a prof, there a prof", Opinion, January). I...
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Getting to the nitty-gritty
Isn't it rather ironic that Newman University College in Birmingham used financial savings from carbon reduction schemes to purchase a new gritter to keep the campus open during snowy weather ("Get a...
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Branching out
Via study-away sites, local partnerships, portals and fully fledged overseas campuses, ambitious universities in the West are increasingly keen to take root elsewhere. John Morgan asks how the...
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Revealing footnotes
What do your shoes say about you? More than you think, says Caroline Knowles. They hint at your class, job, where you live and even how you spend your leisure time
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Film review: All Good Things
Duncan Wu is impressed by an intelligent, complex murder story that has been poorly received in the US
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TV review: Science Under Attack
Gary Day winces at an encounter between Sir Paul Nurse and James Delingpole, where rationality loses
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Campus round-up
Liverpool Hope UniversityMiss Canada to Lady MadonnaA Canadian musician has become the first student to complete the long and winding road to graduation on Liverpool Hope University's master's degree...
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Odds and quads: Sir Hamilton Harty's collapsible top hat
This collapsible top hat belonged to the conductor and composer Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941).
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3 February 2011
Seeds of content - Can overseas branch campuses deliver on their promises?
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UHI Millennium Institute gains full university status
The University of the Highlands and Islands has been awarded full university status, raising hopes that the remote region may retain more of its young people.
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Visa plans could spell disaster for UK, MPs hear
The UK government risks causing a collapse in international demand for study in the country similar to that experienced in ߣߣÊÓƵ if it mishandles its policy on visas, a cross-party group of MPs...
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What’s normal for a given region?
The conversation has begun in earnest. Four months after the publication of the 2010-11 World University Rankings, ߣߣÊÓƵ is now formally consulting on refinements for the 2011-12...
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Abertay Dundee v-c suspended
One of the UK’s longest-serving vice-chancellors and the convenor of Universities Scotland has been suspended from his job.
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Wolverhampton appoints new vice-chancellor
The University of Wolverhampton has appointed Geoff Layer as its new vice-chancellor.
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Consultation on visas may be unlawful, law firm says
The government’s consultation on changes to the student visa system could be unlawful, a law firm has said – and that could expose the coalition to expensive claims for damages.