Not Here, Not Now, Not That! Protest over Art and Culture in America
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The Architecture of Sir Ernest George
London-born Ernest George (1839-1922) was one of the most interesting, yet in recent years one of the most undersung, architects of his time. From 1856 to 1860 he was articled to Samuel Hewitt, and...
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Degrees of Inequality: Culture, Class, and Gender In American 糖心Vlog
This book asks whether the move to a mass higher education system in the US has delivered on its promise and addressed some of the country's underlying social inequalities, including those related to...
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The aesthetically pleasing game
Watching sport is an intellectual pursuit, contests football fan Stephen Mumford - but only if you don't mind which team wins
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Pucker up, piglets
Having made a pig of university funding, the government had to dress it up. But who will be seduced by a brazen shade of 'Student Experience' lipstick or the White Paper's other blandishments?...
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Diary
GatesheadMaurizio AnzeriThe Italian-born, London-based artist Maurizio Anzeri works with an unusual combination of found photographs and embroidery. For this exhibition at the Baltic Centre for...
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The Pick - Art & Science: Merging Art & Science to Make a Revolutionary New Art Movement
Credit: Graham Baring/Image courtesy of GV Art & the ArtistArt & Science: Merging Art & Science to Make a Revolutionary New Art MovementGV Art, LondonDavide Angheleddu's corroded bronze...
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'Squeeze me - I like it'
Fears that the changes announced in the government White Paper on higher education might lead to Poppleton becoming the most squeezed university in England have been dismissed by our vice-chancellor....
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Market, not students, at heart of the system (1 of 3)
The government's White Paper will undermine higher education in England. It makes frequent mention of the excellence of the system it now threatens and proposes new forms of financing that are more...
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Market, not students, at heart of the system (2 of 3)
As a former vice-chancellor and now the chair of an NHS trust, I have been struck by the similarities between the government's reforms of higher education and health.Both sets of initial policies...
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Market, not students, at heart of the system (3 of 3)
The sorry tale criticised in "A big paper but no grand plan" (Leader, 30 June) is not only the story of higher education in the UK but also of industry. The UK's corporate culture looks at short-term...
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Labour's next big idea?
After the political mire of New Labour, Simon Szreter's piece offers a welcome escape route for the party ("Universal access", 22 June).Szreter's timely anchoring of his argument on the dismissal of...
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Harmonic resonance
The UK Research Integrity Office was established not only to address misconduct but also to promote good research practice ("Fighting for integrity", 30 June). So we are puzzled by Universities UK's...
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Institutional prejudice
I can relate to Liz Schafer's struggles over pay ("There's no good reason for this inequality", 30 June). As one of the UK's 10 black female professors and having been a professor for several years,...
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Fellowships down, not out (1 of 3)
David Richards is right to point to the proliferation of teaching fellowships as a blight on junior academics and academia alike ("Teaching fellowships do not benefit anyone", Letters, 30 June):...