Keep them grounded
I appreciated the article "When it comes to saving the environment, academics don't practise what they preach" (2 July), but perhaps universities should invest in video-conferencing equipment to...
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Unidentified foreign object
The continuing lament over falling provision in modern language studies resonated for me as I peered at a row of generously donated antiquarian books on sale in the front window of a local charity...
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Premature ageing
I am concerned that the debate over the age of Keith Ponting has not touched on the sensitive issue of his historical ageing rate. I recollect that he spent considerable time aged "(29)". Ecological...
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The war of the canon
Some study literature to discover themselves. But the task can be painful, George Watson argues, and the outcome nebulous
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Red, white and blue Moon
The Apollo programme was an American dream made flesh, but British scientists and engineers played a vital role in its realisation, explains Colin Pillinger
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16 July 2009
The bulldog has landed - Colin Pillinger offers his view of humanity’s greatest adventure and the UK’s pivotal role in it
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Ucea increases pay offer to 0.5 per cent
The Universities and Colleges Employers Association has increased its pay offer to 0.5 per cent, after the latest meeting of the new Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff (JNCHES)....
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Tara Brabazon: Book to the future: how bookshops can survive
The internet does not have to spell disaster for the publishing industry: Tara Brabazon visits the San Francisco bookstore that holds out hope
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Axe hovers over Imperial’s faculty of medicine
Up to 130 jobs could go, UCU report claims. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Opinion: Unesco conference stresses importance of higher education in development
The Paris meeting provides an important forum for discussing key issues in improving university standards around the world. Laura E. Rumbley, Liz Reisberg and Philip G. Altbach report
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Gloria Monday: External pain
Behold the upholders of standards – megalomaniacs who can’t count, writes Gloria Monday
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Leading academic attacks tick-box science and politically correct quackery
Managerialism promotes the rise of ‘magic medicine’, says David Colquhoun. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Judicial mediation – a different approach to alternative dispute resolution?
In this article, we consider judicial mediation, a relatively new form of workplace dispute resolution, in which the employment judge acts as mediator. What is judicial mediation?Judicial mediation...
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‘Massification’ takes toll on professoriate standards
Academics lack qualifications because of spiralling global demand, Unesco warns. Phil Baty reports
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Arts University College Bournemouth - It's all in the name
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth has changed its name after it was awarded university college status and degree-awarding powers last year. It has adopted the title of The Arts University College at...