Campus round-up - 21 March 2013
Answers on a postcardWork by photographer David Bailey, animator Nick Park, film-maker Mike Leigh and fashion designer Sir Paul Smith are among 2,700 pieces of art featuring alongside students鈥...
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Association of Commonwealth Universities: 100 not out
Secretary general points to body鈥檚 valuable support for the developing world
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Odds and quads - 21 March 2013
The People鈥檚 Palace on London鈥檚 Mile End Road - described by The Times as a 鈥渉appy experiment in practical Socialism鈥 - was designed to educate and entertain the people of the East End.The original...
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From Where I Sit - Comfort reading
Theft is rare in Japan. When you go to Starbucks you are asked at the counter: 鈥淒o you have your seat?鈥 At busy times, you are supposed to find a seat first and leave your bag and coat on it,...
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THE Scholarly Web - 21 March 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Appointments - 21 March 2013
Macquarie UniversitySakkie PretoriusSakkie Pretorius, who has been named deputy vice-chancellor for research at Macquarie University, said it was an honour to 鈥渟tep into the boots鈥 of his predecessor...
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Dawn Clark Netsch, 1926-2013
A law professor notable for breaking through glass ceilings has died.Dawn Clark Netsch was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on 16 September 1926, and took a first degree at Northwestern University before...
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Win-win when sport and scholarship mix
I listened with interest to last week鈥檚 糖心Vlog podcast on the subject of universities providing more opportunities to talented sportspeople. As I am the recently appointed director of...
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No room on this cushion
I am writing in response to your recent article suggesting that universities could suffer in the next spending round (鈥淗ungry Treasury eyes universities 鈥榓wash with cash鈥欌, News, 7 March).As at 31...
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Infinite regression
Yes, Fred Inglis鈥 poignant lament, rehearsing the lost moral and social solidarities of yesteryear, needed to be said (鈥淭he retention of tradition鈥, 14 March). Anyone who lived through those years -...
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Soft-touch regulation
Your news article, 鈥淯K union fans flames as Phoenix feels heat of probation threat鈥 (14 March), reports the difficulties that Apollo Group, owner of BPP University College, is experiencing with US...
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Highly political economy
Prime Minister David Cameron鈥檚 robust defence of the inclusion of international students in the Office for National Statistics鈥 net migration data is highly indicative of the government鈥檚 need to...
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Terms of achievement
The 30 per cent advantage in terms of chances of entry to Oxbridge that an October birthdate confers over and above a July one is more to do with the timing of the school year than whether you are a...
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Motivational motive
If Graham Gibbs is right that class contact hours are less important than independent study hours (鈥淲atched clocks and scholarly toil鈥, Teaching intelligence, 14 March), then higher education...
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Driven potty
I have just searched the Google Play Store for a THE app and the top suggestion was Potty Time (which includes eight new ways to celebrate your child鈥檚 potty training successes).I鈥檓 still teasing out...