Fellowships down, not out (2 of 3)
David Richards' diatribe in which he makes the magnificently non-evidence-based assertion that university teaching should "always be led by those who are most passionate...about a field" (aka...
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Fellowships down, not out (3 of 3)
Would Richards rather have students taught by people who love their subject but do not want to teach, or by those who are committed to teaching and set high personal and professional standards in...
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Gove is a 'batchelor' boy
I shared the dismay of Tony Gatrell (Letters, 16 June) regarding the spelling of "Perfoming Arts" and "Carribean Studies" in the posters brandished by protesting London Metropolitan University...
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Film review: The Princess of Montpensier
A routine costume-drama story is transformed by the casting, writing and direction, says Duncan Wu
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TV review: The Shadow Line
The brain's ability to remember and make sense of our past reflects our deeper needs, says Gary Day
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Barbara Scholz, 1947-2011
The choice between "learning and earning" was always an easy one for Barbara Scholz, whose passion for academia and the pursuit of knowledge was a constant throughout her life.Born in Ohio in 1947,...
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Campus round-up
Kingston UniversityPenny for your causeDesign students have turned their talents to developing a new way of donating to charity. The scheme designed by Helen Parry and Stuart Kench at Kingston...
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Odds and quads
These lantern slides are among the treasures of the little-known Alfred Denny Museum at the University of Sheffield's department of animal and plant sciences.
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Named and shamed: high US study costs exposed
New government website lists comparative data, but careful interpretation is needed, writes Jon Marcus
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Off Piste - A Connecticut Yankee in King Alan's court
Thom Brooks is living the American Dream, not in the US itself but among the Geordies. And unlike Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee, coming to the UK feels like a journey to the future, not the past...
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The week in higher education
? Government ministers have long argued that student loans do not constitute debt in the usual sense because they are paid off only by graduates earning good salaries. But the message seems not to...
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From where I sit - Digging deep to survive terrorism
Terrorism is threatening not only individuals in Pakistan but also their cultural heritage, by making life impossible for those trying to develop its rich archaeological resources.Archaeologists'...
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Appointments
University of HullBernard BinksA professor of physical chemistry at the University of Hull has won a prestigious European prize for his work with nanoparticles. Bernard Binks, who was awarded the...