Leader: Cardinal lessons and virtues
Diversity has always been an integral part of a university, but what are the core principles that should apply to all?
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John Archer, 1943-2007
In his nine years in charge of Heriot-Watt University, John Archer helped to raise student numbers by a third, instigated a dramatic restructure, and moved the institution out of a long period of...
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Forget Harvard, Oxford is a match for Minnesota
Magazine claims the ancient university's science reputation is slipping. Melanie Newman writes.
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One higher education label does not fit all
The unstated component of the current "crisis" in higher education is that of the upgrading of polytechnics to the status of universities ("Are schools failing universities?" 10 January). Simon...
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Private arrangements
Lord Adonis wants closer links between universities and schools ("We're building bridges to help tomorrow's scholars climb higher", 10 January). But partnership is one thing and sponsorship of...
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It's all right for some
The current debate on the use of citations for determining future research funding is sad to witness. It raises all that is good and, regrettably, deficient with academic thinking and analysis....
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Past imperfect
Memory and hindsight are wonderful things, not least when it comes to forgetting. So Alan Ryan tells us that when he arrived at the University of Essex in 1966 the vice-chancellor was telling...
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Past imperfect
How nice of Alan Ryan to share his thoughts on the 1960s with us. Could I remind him, however, that the institution on the south coast that was attracting so much attention in that decade was the...
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Hidden: a gender
Matthew Reisz writes: "Acknowledgments may contain thanks to the author's wife ..." ("Books of revelation", 10 January). Why are such male-centric thought processes still making it into print? If the...
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Brought to book
Something about the book industry seems to induce jeremiads. Susan Bassnett seems to confuse a narrowing range of bricks-and-mortar retailers with the range of titles getting published ("Shrinking...
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Shrinking support
Your article on university laboratories facing a "demographic time bomb" ("Labs at risk from loss of expertise", 4 January) highlighted a continuation of the trend identified by the Royal Society in...
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Spot the difference
As a former Quality Assurance Agency review co-ordinator, I begin to wonder just exactly what the agency is now doing to enhance the quality of university provision ("QAA to enlist students to audit...
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Eye on the future
Why no new name for The Poppletonian? The newsletter's title needs to reflect Poppleton's outward-looking mission and strategic focus. I suggest "Popeye".Robert Goddard, Leeds.
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Burning question
I applaud your ambition to be a shelf above Motorcycle News (Leader, 10 January), but what am I to light the fire with?R. W. Hoyle, Professor of rural history University of Reading.
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Diversity challenge
A sanctuary for academic pursuit or a hotbed of entrepreneurship? While educators quibble over the definition of a university, writes Matthew Reisz, all agree that academic freedom is at its core.