Narrative trust
Dare to write clearly and engagingly whatever the audience, Helen Sword urges junior and senior scholars alike in a myth-busting guide to good academic prose. You have nothing to lose but your...
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'No need for alarm' - private provider speaks out
In an exclusive conversation with our veteran reporter Keith Ponting (30), the head of Poppleton City's for-profit College of Hedge Fund Studies, Mike Sartorious, has spoken frankly about the growth...
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International amnesty the least it could do
I work in a voluntary capacity with international students in Bristol. I am also engaged in documenting the history of foreign students in the UK since 1960.The current situation at London...
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Shelf delusion
Sarah E. Thomas, Bodley's librarian, understandably mounts a defence of a great library in "Brickbats don't stack up" (Letters, 30 August), her reply to my letter of 23 August ("Shelf harm"). However...
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This corrosion spreads
Terran Lane struck a chord with me, irrespective of the obvious differences between the US and UK higher education systems ("I'd have to be mad to leave here, they said - and they were right",...
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One for all
I am glad that S?ren Holm thinks my book Bioethics: All That Matters is an accessible and readable introduction (Books, 9 August), but it is unfair of him to "ghettoise" it as being relevant only to...
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Debased coinage
I have always read with interest Felipe Fernández-Armesto's regular contributions to 糖心Vlog but was dismayed at his recent cover story ("Reassuringly expensive", 30 August). How could...
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Pay it forward
We would like to respond to the news article concerning the European School of Economics ("Basic economics: make sure the staff are paid", 23 August).The coverage appeared well after the few recent...
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Fraud sentence
Christopher Bigsby is wrong ("Copycat criminality", Opinions, 30 August): plagiarism is not theft. Theft only occurs when someone takes property without permission, intending to deprive the owner...
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You're making this up
I have noticed another odd thing about the University of Poppleton ("Rare cite", Letters, 30 August): it is never listed in the Index of universities at the back of THE - not even when it is...
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Harold Shukman, 1931-2012
A leading authority on Russian history, politics and culture has died.Harold Shukman was born in London on 23 March 1931 and had a fragmented early education until national service offered him the...
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Campus round-up
University of BathTime out for good measureThe Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby have recruited a team of three academics to evaluate a new method of examining injured players for concussion...
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US changes dose to treat public health malaise
Revised curricula will emphasise leadership and time spent away from the lab. Jon Marcus reports