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Please move your "Working Knowledge" section (last week it appeared after the job advertisements) otherwise the 5 per cent of academics aged 35-40 who "don't know" whether they are actively seeking a...
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Past caring
One is disappointed to find a senior academic as prejudiced against innovation as Alison Pollock ("Markets will value cash over caring", August ). It is no coincidence that both major parties are...
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V-c = very creative
Only 18 vice-chancellors listed reading as a hobby ("Guns, guts and gardens", September 10)? I'm astonished you didn't make more of this. It suggests that intellectual interests are no more common...
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Red card for awards criticism 1
Your editorial "University own goals" (September 24) was poorly informed. The University of East Anglia has given honorary degrees to a number of organisations that meet the criteria we set for such...
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Red card for awards criticism 4
Your leader referred to "high-profile but inappropriate individuals" being given honorary degrees, citing Hull University's award to football referee Pierluigi Collina. You omitted to relate the...
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Just one more dash for freedom
As three intellectuals languish in jail in Saudi Arabia, Michael North hears how a crackdown on Islamic extremists has had a devastating impact on free speech for academics. There is an eyewitness...
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A tradition of equality, liberty and vomit-free flowerbeds
Cambridge's female-only New Hall College is 50. Alison Thomas reflects on five decades of change. This autumn, Cambridge University's New Hall College celebrates its 50th anniversary. From an initial...
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Grey days can be heydays
US academics no longer retire as a matter of course, writes Stephen Phillips, but those who do seldom quit campus for good Retirement ain't what it used to be. The era of a carriage clock and stiff...
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'Floating wraiths' thrive on growing old creatively
US academics no longer retire as a matter of course, writes Stephen Phillips, but those who do seldom quit campus for good Besides the latest trend in humanities, that promising new branch of...
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39, and getting used to the raised brows
Wannabe teacher Simon Larter has quit work and sold his home to embark on a degree. He is a little nervous... I've been throwing away old business cards that go back 15 years. People I won't contact...
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Conferences: A chance to flesh out bones of body politics
In our new monthly guide to conferences taking place around the world, Harriet Swain looks over the agenda of a symposium on the use and display of human remains in museums. Â Dead bodies can be...
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Conference watch: October
Our new monthly guide to conferences taking place around the world. EWC4UK : fourth European Mars society conference, Open University, Milton Keynes, 8-10. Communicate : an international conference...
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Instant expert: Caving
Our new monthly guide to conferences taking place around the world. Conference: National caving conference and exhibition, "Hidden Earth 2004", Kendal, Cumbria October 1-3 What's it about : Hundreds...
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Dropout rates among full-time students 2001/02
Table: Highest/lowest participation rates form lower social class groups Table: Research income generated per academic costs Projected learning outcomes Dropout rates among full-time students...
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Highest/lowest participation rates form lower social class groups
Table: Dropout rates among full-time students 2001/02 Table: Research income generated per academic costs Working class heroes Universities with highest participation rates form the lower social...