Distinct opportunity
In Phil Baty's leading article "Missions trail leads to success" (13 January), the case for diversification and differentiation was made strongly with the warning: "Universities that fail to...
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Reality? No, it's rhetoric
Your feature "Contravene or intervene?" (6 January) gives an insightful overview of the complex problems that universities face in dealing with extremism and the potential terrorist "radicalisation"...
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Tyranny and equality
Felipe Fernández-Armesto suggests that Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez, is "wasting" the country's resources ("Lack of laughter is no joke", 6 January). Research by the Organisation for Economic...
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Priceless humanities
The government is asking a generation of students to regard university study as a financial investment. Tuition fees of £9,000 a year are, apparently, an acceptable price to pay for a better - read...
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Bias, not belief, is problem
Your article "Campus survey of religion is biased, secularists charge" (13 January) concluded with a response from the Equality Challenge Unit that implicitly accused me of discrimination: "......
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Ability over ability to pay
Postgraduate taught degrees may require amendment for a wide range of reasons, but the key point of the article "Taught postgraduate degrees may soon be preserve of the rich" (13 January) should...
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Light relief at the MLA
"Plateaued at the bottom of the canyon"? ("Speed daters try luck in the salon", 13 January). Still, at least Rosemary Feal is chief executive of the Modern Language Association and not the Geography...
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Odds and quads
The Anderson Archive at the University of Stirling is devoted to the maverick British film and theatre director Lindsay Anderson (1923-94).
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Fears of the cutting room floor: BFI plans alarm sector
Film institute's overhaul would damage research, media scholars warn. Matthew Reisz reports
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We are in the business of being the beating heart of our society
Sir Tim Wilson, Hertfordshire's retiring leader, tells Sarah Cunnane about his vision for the academy
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Blogconfidential: Manning up
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Manning up
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Appointments
University of California, RiversideRaul RuizA medic who was among the first on the scene of last year's earthquake in Haiti has been appointed senior associate dean for community engagement and...
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Top European Institutions in Neuroscience and Behaviour
Top European Institutions in Neuroscience and BehaviourData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 2000-31 August 2010Euro rankWorld...
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Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks
IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade detection. Hannah Fearn reports
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'Conflicts of interest' reported in a third of trials
More than a third of the scientific researchers polled in a Canadian study say that they have either experienced or witnessed financial conflicts of interest during clinical trials.A paper published...