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  1. Beggaring belief

    So now Universities Secretary John Denham wants us to recreate 19th-century levels of educational philanthropy and civic engagement by asking the taxpayer to stump up £200 million to match alumni and...

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  2. A done deal

    One point needs clarification in the feature on the financial challenges facing higher education ("There may be trouble ahead", 3 April). The writer refers to "the uncertainty of the pay bid for 2008...

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  3. Statistical certainty

    It is not the case that institutions can choose not to supply the Higher Education Statistics Agency with data relating to academics excluded from their 2008 research assessment exercise submissions...

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  4. Off the rails

    "Network Rail is launching an MSc in project management" (Campus round-up, 3 April). Presumably the fees will help towards the fine for the project overrun at Christmas.Ian Lovecy, Bangor, Gwynedd.

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  5. Adrift in dark waters

    Academics aren't trained for it and often can't cope with it, yet many find themselves counselling students at risk of emotional breakdown and even suicide. Esther Oxford talks to lecturers who have...

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  6. A measured relationship

    League tables are used to gauge university performance, influence potential students and steer management policy, but should they be trusted? A survey suggests that many fall short of the mark,...

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  7. Laying down the law

    The advent of the UK's first private law school has reignited debate about whether a law course should comprise liberal education or commercial training. Hannah Fearn hears the case for and against

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  8. 10 April 2008

    Emotionally overwhelmed - How lecturers cope with student despair

  9. Do GPs care whether their patients get back to work?

    There was a flurry of activity at the Department of Health last month when the Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, announced plans to create a “well note” in place of a “sick note”. The aim was to get...

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  10. Learning from Experience Trust

    • Malcolm Barry, formerly of Goldsmiths College, London and London Metropolitan University, has been confirmed as the new director of the trust. The outgoing Director, Dr Michael Field, becomes a...

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  12. First Impressions competition: April 3 2008

    This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a magical tale of finding a female identity:“The summer she was fifteen, Melanie discovered she was...

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  14. The Week in Books

    The Gold Leaf Lady and Other Parapsychological Investigations by Stephen Braude, professor of philosophy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. University of Chicago Press, £11.50, ISBN...

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