Valuing research rectitude
Peer review may not spot fraud 鈥 so universities need to聽be vigilant in tackling any wrongdoing among their staff
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Don鈥檛 shut down Heythrop College
We are writing to express our concern at the news that Heythrop College, a college of the University of London that specialises in philosophy and theology, is to close (鈥淗eythrop College to end in 鈥...
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Lack of assured thinking
In my view, it does not make sense to abandon a well-established system of periodic quality inspections by the Quality Assurance Agency (鈥淭rust, or verify?鈥, Features, 30 July). As an international...
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Bank of Monet and Dada
Universities collect art for the same purposes as they do anything else 鈥 to accumulate wealth (鈥淎rt and soul鈥, Features, 30 July). They don鈥檛 care about art itself. They may pay lip service to it,...
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Double trouble
The supposed 鈥渄oubling鈥 of research quality in life sciences reflects both numerator and denominator (鈥淩EF triumph of life sciences 鈥榣acks credibility鈥欌, News, 30 July). As judged by the fact that it...
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Offa鈥檚 open mind on aid
The Unite Foundation need not fear 鈥 the debate over the role of financial support in improving access and retention is still very much open as far as the Office for Fair Access is concerned (鈥...
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Twisted tongue injuries
Ruby Wax is reported to be 鈥渟eeking to end the stigma surrounding mental health鈥 (HE & me, 30 July). In a similar but more extreme linguistic vein, I have recently heard lay commentators express...
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Working together
I have some difficulty accepting the basic premise that collaborations between businesses and universities fail because academics don鈥檛 understand the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (鈥...
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Positively international
I was encouraged by Sir Keith Burnett鈥檚 defence of the importance of international students (鈥淲hy are international students so important to our universities?鈥, Blog, 17 July). Other countries have...
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I, graduate
There is an Isaac Asimov short story, Franchise, in which a single person with appropriate characteristics is selected by a computer to represent all the voters in the US, thus saving the trouble and...
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So. Farewell then, Nigel...
It must be a great relief at Swansea University鈥檚 School of Management that Nigel Piercy has resigned as dean (The week in higher education, 30 July). But the bigger question is why did the vice-...
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It鈥檚 good to be nice
Ellie Bothwell is right to draw attention to Alexander and Helen Astin鈥檚 intriguing study of the importance of developing niceness in higher education (鈥淣iceness is the route to equality鈥, News, 30...
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The Russell hustle
You rightly take Michael Gove to task for being besotted by the Russell Group (The week in higher education, 23 July), but you fall into a similar trap in the same issue (鈥淭hey would walk 500 miles...