Survival of the fittest 1
I was fascinated by Catherine Hakim's article on "erotic capital" ("Attractive forces at work", 3 June). However, are we to conclude from the absence of an accompanying photograph of the author that...
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Survival of the fittest 2
"Erotic capital": in other words, dress smartly, smile nicely and you will make a good impression. My mother told me that 40 years ago.David Bowers, Head of learning development, University Campus...
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Actually, it's three brains
I never thought I would find myself contradicting both Dr Loab and The Poppletonian ( May), but David Willetts appears to have not one, not two, but a trio of brains. The first appears to have been...
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The Cinderella students
Part-timers have it hard: more commitments and responsibilities but much less support than full-timers, as the biggest survey of their lot to date shows. But changes in the political agenda could...
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The colour of money
Sustainability on campus is a vital issue, and in a climate of austerity it also makes financial sense. That fiscal impetus is good news, because as the Green League table shows, the sector still has...
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10 June 2010
Umbrellas for the Cinderellas - Part-timers deserve support and protection
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New World order
Conference hears that the Americas have reasons to be cheerful in the overseas-student market. John Morgan reports
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Free-thought transfer?
Threatened Middlesex centre may relaunch at Kingston in September. John Morgan reports
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The e-book sector
By Steve Kolowich, for Inside Higher Ed
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Holyrood debates fees in anticipation of post-Browne changes in England
SNP minister canvasses ideas for higher education funding solutions but rejects Labour and Tory calls for independent review. Hannah Fearn reports
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Academic threatens to sue UCU over proposed Israeli college boycott
Politics professor disputes union move on grounds of discrimination and equality. John Gill reports
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Bonfire of the quangos
Vince Cable announces Con-Lib commitment to wielding the axe. Simon Baker reports
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Retiring Lives
All 17 contributors to Retiring Lives are academics, or women and men with considerable experience in schools, further and higher education, but this is not an academic study on education. It could...
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Pevsner: The Early Life
Germany's loss was England's gain, says James Stevens Curl of the start of an acclaimed career
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The Female Gothic: New Directions
An uncanny sense of critical recuperation filled my thoughts as I scanned the contents page and digested the introduction of this edited volume. Here, once again, Ellen Moers' concept of the "female...