Democracy is best
Brian Leftow's opinion article (November 9) and Michael Shattock's book ("Oxford set to vote on ending self-governance", November 9) both seem to support the idea that where there is real democracy...
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Prize volume
I appreciated the report of my move to Birmingham University to take up the chair of war studies (Inside Track, November 17). But I would like to clarify that I was not the sole winner of the 2003...
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Do you copy?
Not all publishers require authors to assign copyright in the form that led to Judi Sture's article being sold ("Research for sale: $5.95", November 17). Some ask authors only for a "licence to...
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Beating the bullies
This week is anti-bullying week. Just over a year ago, The Times Higher published a report of research by Petra Boynton that alerted institutions to the bullying that is "rife" across higher...
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Is the UK rapidly coming unstuck?
Michael North talks to Race Convention participants about patriotism, veil-wearing and what holds society together. If you make immigrants feel good about themselves that is going to pay off," says...
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'Banal, benign diversity is the best we can hope for'
Multiculturalism is being fiercely debated at universities. A workshop, held by Oxford's Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, looked at why European governments have dropped references to...
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On both sides of the Iron Curtain
Soviet-era historian Aleksandr Fursenko had the luck to work in the US and found peace studying the most contentious of issues. He tells Huw Richards about the Cold War, Khrushchev and the impact of...
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Dr Dai Llemmer
"Gerald", director of entrepreneurship at a nearly new university on the South Coast, has contacted me to admit: "I don't understand research metrics at all, which is a real problem at parties and in...
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Head in the clouds? Pack them off to...
...Explore, where students who may be put off by 'risky' fieldwork learn to follow safely in the footsteps of great explorers, says Nick Smith. On Saturday, 250 undergraduates from all over the UK...
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It's all about the proactive strategic momentum, stupid
Business consultant John Rainford hauls Gary Day out of his comfort zone in a passionate effort to get him thinking outside the box John Rainford likes strawberries. He has them on his yellow tie and...
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The UK can learn from ߣߣÊÓƵ's policy of awarding visas to foreign graduates to plug an IT skills gap, says Bob Kinnaird. As the UK moves towards a points-based immigration system more closely...
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