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Sir Christopher Ball is the current chancellor of the University of Derby. Leslie Wagner will be installed as his successor in October.
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Here's what we think university is for, Mr Clarke 1
Education secretary Charles Clarke has called for a debate on the purpose of universities following his controversial speech at University College Worcester in April. He said the job of a university...
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Here's what we think university is for, Mr Clarke 2
Education secretary Charles Clarke has called for a debate on the purpose of universities following his controversial speech at University College Worcester in April. He said the job of a university...
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Academia leads to a world of opportunity
Sixth-formers Mark Shadbolt, 18, head boy at Parmiter's School near Watford. He has a place to study biochemistry at Warwick University but his goal is the City. "You cannot get above a certain level...
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Why I believe UK university chemistry is in need of a complete overhaul
The low rumble of despair and the silent panic attacks that have gripped the academic chemistry community have begun to spill out into the open. You know you are in trouble when Laurie Taylor writes...
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Dumbing down rife, poll reveals
Easier access to higher education is leading to a dumbing down of courses and rising dropout rates, according to academics in a THES /ICM poll. The nationwide survey shows lecturers grappling with...
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Partition ghosts haunt old rivals
India-Pakistan in War and Peace
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Revolutionary Chinese hero inspired by an obscure dentist
The Political Thought of Sun Yat-Sen
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Charter 88 checklist posing as a critique
Democracy Under Blair
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Imperfect world of UN platypusette
Never Learn to Type
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Summit spirit of snow tigers
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When wild dogs barked at Wall St
The Chastening
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Aim and fire - always a gentle hit
This is Craig Brown
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel that consists entirely of letters and journals: "My dear Father and Mother, I have great...