Laurie Taylor 鈥 30 November 2017
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Collaboration and competition: essential for research
In the rivalry to make the next scientific breakthrough, collaboration is key. But the UK鈥檚 post-Brexit course only undermines its competitive standing
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UK should keep well out of Sorbonne plans
The article 鈥淐ould EU鈥檚 鈥楤ologna聽2.0鈥 vision leave UK behind?鈥 (News, 23 November) describes plans to further integrate higher education across the European Union. If the 鈥淪orbonne Process鈥 is to...
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Betwixt, between
In his leader 鈥淯nmoved by invisible hands鈥 (23聽November), John Gill discusses Lord Willetts鈥 views on the market and UK higher education. However, the trouble is that we have neither a genuine state...
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Language laziness
Re 鈥淲hy teaching in English may not be such a good idea鈥 (Opinion, 22 November).聽 Teaching in English in a non-English-speaking country is about two things: attracting high--spending international...
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Dandridge鈥檚 myopia
In your news article 鈥淚n mission to protect students, OfS will be 鈥榯ough and rational鈥欌 (News, 16聽November), you report Nicola Dandridge, the incoming chief executive of the Office for Students, as...
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Unbridled spirits
In his review of Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London, by Angus McLaren (Books, 23聽November), Clive Bloom writes that 鈥溾he Mayfair men finally atoned for...
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Labs, lies and lit
Reviewing the book From Madman to Crime Fighter: The Scientist in Western Culture, by Roslynn D. Haynes (Books, 23聽November), Richard Joyner praises The New Men by C.鈥塒. Snow (1954). In the current...
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The value in our universities cannot be found in vice-chancellor salaries
As Dame Glynis Breakwell announces her resignation from Bath, James Treadwell urges scholars to celebrate the real value in our universities
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Industrial strategy: how does UK perform on areas targeted?
Research areas that will receive special attention include artificial intelligence and the life sciences, but are they the right fields to focus on?
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Denmark fines foreign academics for outside work
Police crack down on academics for delivering external lectures and supervising exams and PhDs at other universities, saying it breaks work permit rules