Washington DC
The American Association of University Professors has protested that FBI apologies are inadequate for the behaviour of two sheriff's deputies assisting the bureau's Joint Terrorism Task Force after...
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Hanover, NH
Tuck Business School at Dartmouth College is to offer up to 12 MBA scholarships for European students.
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Stop counting beans, start planting trees
Government shortsightedness and contempt is destroying our once-great education system, argues Peter Atkins The combination of misunderstanding, pettiness, shortsightedness and contempt that drives...
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Alison Wolf
There are 21 copies of Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto on our library shelves and 13 copies of Capital . The shelves are pretty much where they stay. From time to time, I glance at how many have been...
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Top marks for cunning?
How much might Natfhe members be offered to be bussed into old universities past jeering Association of University Teachers' picket lines? It is a prospect raised by one vice-chancellor who...
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Just a commons or garden idea
Ever-more imaginative names for university libraries have been dreamt up to impress potential students: "learning resource centres"; "learning labs"; "advanced study facilities" (OK, we made that one...
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A shadowy figure indeed
It seems the Tories have not forgotten about science after all. Ever since Robert Key, the generously sized choral-singing MP for Salisbury, was moved from the post last year, no one in the party has...
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No rest for the indebted
Officials at the Higher Education Funding Council for England have revealed that as part of their annual conference next month, there will be presentations involving students to show "HE in action"....
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A hirstian encounter
THE GIANT SQUID Natural History Museum, London. Booking on hourly tours essential. The first thing that strikes you is its sheer size. The cloudy tank, the colour of water-worn glass, stretches...
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Unselfish genius continues to inspire
For 30 years, Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene has challenged readers like no other academic book, says Marian Stamp Dawkins I haven't lived with the author of The Selfish Gene for nearly 25 years...
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Pandora's box or buffet of the best of all worlds?
The Times Higher asks sociologists whether multiculturalism is under threat in the UK * "The reckless pursuit of neoliberal values under conditions of globalisation is jeopardising many forms of life...
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Present tense, future perfect?
The current dispute, while hitting students today, is an attempt to safeguard the right of future generations to a decent education, writes Bob Brecher The past few weeks have been a rather "...
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Be a screen star but lose the jazz
Displaying your research online is a good way to reach a wide audience. But will the picture of you with your guitar and the flashy backdrop send the right message? Harriet Swain looks at what makes...
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Socket to them... and keep mum
Name: Patrick Bailey Age: 46 Job: Professor of organic chemistry and faculty associate dean for teaching and learning at Manchester University. Background: I took my BA and DPhil degrees in chemistry...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am approaching 65, which means obligatory retirement at my university. Because of...