Peer (and MP) review
I wonder if the Campaign for Science and Engineering knows enough history to recognise Benito Mussolini's model of a "corporate state"? ("Loss of science expertise feared", News, 14 June.) The group...
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Creative with facts
Three cheers for Geraint Wiggins' plea for creativity in the sciences ("Hidden in plain sight", 7 June). But why is the situation so bad that this notion seems odd to so many?The source of the...
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Final bastion of freedom
The brochure for the 1936 Barcelona Peoples' Olympiad is indeed a poignant reminder of the tragedy that was the Spanish Civil War (Odds and Quads, 14 June). Barcelona was the last city to fall to...
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Gluttons for punishment
Polly Jones, in her insightful review of Orlando Figes' Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag (Books, 14 June), calls for further explanation of why some victims of...
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Choice cut
Million+ has not said that post-1992 universities would lose out because they would be in direct competition for places with private institutions ("Private providers set to go head to head with...
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I read "Die hard copy" with interest (14 June). But if a university tried to make everything digital, what would happen to degree certificates?Alex Chablo, Manchester
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Aztec empire-building
A number of articles in 糖心Vlog have reflected the unrest among UK academics at the way in which universities are managed (eg, “Academy rots from the head and it stinks”, Opinion, 10...
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John Adams, 1939-2012
An "affable and amusing" scholar whose expertise ranged from 18th-century legal treatises to the latest developments in intellectual property law has died.John Adams was born on 24 December 1939,...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Campus round-up
University of LiverpoolBirth of a collaborative movementA university is leading a scheme to improve maternal and new-born healthcare in Uganda. The University of Liverpool project, which has received...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Licence to reproduce and a formula for fair use
North American test cases strive to get to grips with copyright in the modern age. Jon Marcus reports
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The week in higher education
? From an Elsevier boycotter to one of the sector's most prominent female vice-chancellors, the Queen's Birthday Honours List, announced on 16 June, recognised a diverse array of higher education...
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Leader: Provider, where is thy sting?
Private growth in the sector is a tender subject, but the reality is more complex than ideologues on both sides would have it
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Off Piste - Heart and Seoul
Scholarly links introduced R.C. Richardson to the Republic of Korea. His sole regret, in an ensuing 30-year love affair with its land, culture and people, is that so few of his fellow Britons choose...