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In an era of disinvestment in the US鈥 public universities, the greatest of their number has improved its reputation through creativity, entrepreneurialism and innovation, says Robert Birgeneau
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Sandel on values when everything鈥檚 for sale
Matthew Reisz meets Harvard superstar Michael Sandel to discuss the preservation of the public good
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Loud and clear
Researchers didn't hold back when EPSRC head Paul Golby asked for feedback on the council's workings. Things will improve, he vows
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Appointments - 28 March 2013
University of LeedsPaul Stewart鈥淚 had a tear in my eye,鈥 said the new dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds of the moment he learned of his appointment, which will take him back...
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Awards and promotions
University of LeedsPaul Stewart鈥淚 had a tear in my eye,鈥 said the new dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds of the moment he learned of his appointment, which will take him back...
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Candidates, follow our curriculum and prepare for global government
Billionaire-backed Oxford school takes leaf out of US book. David Matthews reports
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There and Back Again: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Origins of the Hobbit
Like the road in Bilbo Baggins' song, the Tolkien industry goes ever on. No self-respecting medievalist's pension plan is complete, it seems, without a "pop" book explaining how J.R.R. got it all...
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News in brief
Jargon competitionCalling all guardians of clarity"Instead of adding to the overall footprint we are looking at the whole envelope of estate in terms of its conditionality." If that sentence makes no...
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Bayrou promises to include all views at launch of strategy talks
Talks on the future of the university system have got under way at the French education ministry, where all representative bodies, unions, committees and associations have been invited to help draw...
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The old heave-ho
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald Kauvar and E. Grady Bogue on the many reasons higher education leaders end up walking the plank
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Decline and fall of American presidencies
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald Kauvar and E. Grady Bogue on forced departures and how to avoid them
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Chancellor announces 拢200 million boost to science funding
Science organisations have welcomed the government鈥檚 announcement of 拢200 million in additional capital spending.
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Lack of support thwarts strong alliances with business, institutions say
Sector embraces partnerships but finds cash and structure wanting. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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THE 100 Under 50: Power flowers
The 1960s universities rose to prominence on the back of savvy leadership and a firm commitment to research, argues Paul Wellings
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Appointments
University of GreenwichDarrick JolliffeA specialist in the psychology of crime and the development of criminal behaviour who has joined the University of Greenwich said he liked the idea of being...