A life-enhancing language lesson
Sugata Mitra, professor of educational technology at Newcastle University, is working to improve the prospects of deprived children in India with the help of Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck and his own...
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Fling open door and let Pinter's pause be heard
On the 50th anniversary of Harold Pinter's first play, Mark Taylor-Batty offers a (self-)critical reappraisal According to Len in Harold Pinter's only novel, The Dwarfs , when literary analysts read...
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Gary Day
Britain's media is going in for a spot of introspection, not on what should really concern us - our ignominious exit from the Cricket World Cup - but our continuing moral decline, the mess, the lack...
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Done it all, Bill? Not quite
Invitations arrived this week for the official launch of a new "independent think-tank on higher education", Agora, which hosted its first debate, "Are we squandering our cultural resources?", at the...
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More oafs than rogues bought for English gold
The Scottish negotiators who agreed the terms of union were inept, says Allan Macinnes In the next few weeks, elections to the Scottish Parliament will determine whether devolution is an ongoing...
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Tarnished jewels in India's crown
A brain drain to the US and the triumph of caste and dogma have ravaged my nation's universities, says Ramachandra Guha After a visit to India in 1977, the British historian E. P. Thompson remarked...
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In becoming a eunuch, I became a better man
The once exalted status of castrati helped Richard Wassersug accept the changes caused by his cancer treatment My daughter and I were talking about outing oneself - the act of disclosing one's inner...
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Forget Rita, we're educating Jade
An Indian reality TV show reveals just how much academe is now in thrall to celebrity culture, laments Maria Misra For those of us who enjoy both The Apprentice and University Challenge - and who...
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Find freedom as jack of all trades
If you are fed up with the day-in, day-out nature of your work, why not think about diversifying? Take a look at your skills, plan ahead and enjoy the variety of a portfolio career, says Harriet...
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Carpet tiles and excuses after a night on the tiles
Name: Chris Southgate Age: 42 Job: Senior lecturer in the School of Natural ߣߣÊÓƵ at the University of Central Lancashire. By night I'm director of the Kenyan-based Maasai Centre for Field...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'As the head of department, I receive an honorarium for the three years I am appointed...
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Who got that cash?
Academics at Nottingham Trent University will address the declining popularity of science subjects at a new centre of excellence, where staff will examine how science subjects are taught from primary...
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Local deal divides staff
Bournemouth's move away from the national contract must be resisted, the UCU says. Melanie Newman reports One in six of academic staff at Bournemouth University is now on a local contract, which...
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Runaway tips
Pity Steve Avil, senior lecturer in podiatry at Northampton University, and his team of staff and students who arguably had the most gruelling time at the London Marathon. They treated injuries...
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Courses fit for Queen's
University refectories are not generally known for the quality of their food, but Queen's University Belfast has opened a new bar and grill in a venture with Michelin-starred chef Michael Deane....