Silence is deadly
In the face of coalition cuts and reform, v-cs' appeasement strategy isn't working. Time to speak up, says Aeron Davis
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Gove's prejudices are no basis for the future of UK teacher training
James Williams argues that the education secretary's 'look-and-learn' model will create a generation of pedagogues who are faking it
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Saga touts
Post-Browne, universities can still come up trumps. How? By recruiting pensioners, explain Alasdair Smith and Iain Smith
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Shining stars
The University of York took the top prize at the ߣߣÊÓƵ Awards 2010, picking up the title of University of the Year. A total of 18 awards were handed out at the ceremony at the...
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Field rankings for France
Field rankings for FranceData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000-August 2010Â Field Papers CitationsCitations per paperWorld average % +/–...
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Stem sell technology
David Hockney's love of digital art is on show at an exhibition in Paris. Julian Stallabrass asks: is it just a fad?
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Daytime TV: The entertainers
Gary Day runs out of excuses and watches The X Factor, only to find he is bemused rather than amused
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Diary
Richmond upon ThamesPicturing ScienceAn exhibition at the Riverside Gallery in Richmond upon Thames (from 4 December to 26 February 2011) explores the collisions and collaborations between the worlds...
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The Pick - Optical revelations
Bridget Riley: Paintings and Related WorkNational Gallery, London, until 22 May 2011Bridget Riley has long been associated with the National Gallery. She copied one of its holdings, a portrait by Jan...
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Nobody loves us - and we don't care!
Our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has warmly welcomed the recent declaration by Tim Marshall, chief executive of the UK's Janet IT network, that managers who sought to "...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: Short-term relief, long-term grief
UUK's readiness to toe the government line ignores the troubling questions at the heart of the coalition's proposals
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From where I sit - Strategic limitations
What makes some special convocations at the University of Delhi more "special" than others? A few are special because of the occasion they commemorate - as in 1948, when, as part of its silver...
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Judit Nagy, 1963-2010
A pioneer in the vital new field of proteomic medical research has died.Judit Nagy was born into a family of engineers in Budapest on 20 April 1963 and studied at the Eötvös Loránd University in...
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Give it to us straight
The coalition must admit the downsides of its reforms, demands Kevin Fong