Lead gift horses to water
In response to Michael Earley's argument about the role vice-chancellors can play in attracting philanthropic income ("Heads must show that charity begins at the top", 1 July), Mark Featherstone-...
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We touched a nerve
I must thank John Coyne for his scathing review of The Trouble with Higher Education, the book I co-authored with Patrick Smith ("Pub economists' pint of bitter", 8 July). It is only by means of such...
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Census insensibility
Cutting waste in the British public sector is one thing; abolishing British history is quite another. The coalition government's proposals to kill off the national census after 2011 will seriously...
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Living with uncertainty
As someone who freely dispenses advice, even to government, I am very grateful to ߣߣÊÓƵ for flagging up the government's chief scientific adviser's Guidelines on the Use of...
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Playground name-calling
Those of us who try to draw attention to the reality of what humanity is doing to the Earth, and what the Earth, in response, is beginning to do to humanity, get used to being called names by people...
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Timely approach
Applying rational processes learned through higher education to popular culture is fascinating ("The Doctor will save you now", 8 July). I feel David Sheff should be commended for writing such an...
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Author! Author! Author...
We were interested to read your report that the number of authors per published paper has significantly increased in the past 20 years ("The expanding universe of scientific authorship", 8 July), and...
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Key position
Will the senior lecturer in piano advertised in your 8 July issue (page 65) be supported by a quietly spoken lecturer in pianissimo?Rupert C. Marshall, Forte in animal behaviour, Aberystwyth...
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Style points
Few scholarly works can communicate with non-specialists, if they even attempt to. But academics in all fields may need to make their writing more accessible to satisfy demands for impact and...
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How to pass the sight test
Keep it visual, asserts Peter Hill. It is imperative that candidates for studio-based arts PhDs present their research using the physicality of their chosen medium
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Voices of experience
In a chilly economic climate, business schools' ability to deliver research with real-world relevance is essential. Tracey Hudson asks whether they can find the right academics to deliver those goals
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15 July 2010
Share it with the world - Tackling the obfuscatory malaise of scholarly writing
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Science cannot be the sole basis for policy, Willetts says
It is impossible to make policy solely on the basis of scientific evidence, the universities and science minister has told the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.In his first appearance...
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The iPad and the academy
Tara Brabazon identifies 10 scholarly uses for Apple’s latest gadget, and the new ways of reading, writing, watching and thinking that the platform supports
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What a wizard idea
Study of the social and moral issues raised in the Harry Potter series has great relevance to today’s society, argues Martin Richardson