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Appointments
A research team from the University of Manchester has been shortlisted for the fifth biennial Saatchi and Saatchi Award for World-changing Ideas. Led by Brian Derby, head of the ink-jet printing of...
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Drawn back by his Welsh compass
As an honorary professor at Bangor, Philip Pullman is returning to the land of his childhood not so much to teach as to share, writes Tariq Tahir.
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Barbarous scratchings or universal system? The Chinese puzzle on paper
Roy Harris reflects on our attitude to an 'alien' language whose characteristics have so strongly influenced China's intellectual and pedagogic traditions.
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The cruellest con of all
We keep blaming ourselves for trying to achieve the impossible with widening participation, says Patrick Ainley.
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Academic exchanges under threat as scientists are refused entry visas
Middle Eastern visitors are 'blocked' by the 糖心Vlog Office. Melanie Newman reports.
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Bradford to silence its languages department
The University of Bradford is closing its MA programme in interpreting and translation in what is likely to be the final blow for its modern languages department.An e-petition protesting against the...
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Freedom for those who hit Scottish goals
Government offers to cut red tape for institutions that deliver on national targets. Tariq Tahir reports.
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Scottish science's citations success story
Scotland is a world leader in terms of the number of times its scientists' work is cited by others relative to its size, according to a report released this week by the Scottish Government.The report...
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Overseas briefing
UNITED STATES - SENATE PROBES ENDOWMENTSThe US Senate is demanding detailed information about how the higher education institutions with the largest endowments operate their finances. The Senate's...
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Australians told: cut whingeing to lure benefactors
University donors would prefer to hear of successes, head of endowment fund says. John Gill reports.
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Hefce chief: VAT hampers savings plan
Big efficiency savings through shared services will be 'difficult' without tax change. John Gill reports.
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Policy Watch
BRITISH ACADEMYOBJECTION TO COPYRIGHT PROPOSALThe British Academy has spoken out against a proposal to introduce a licensing scheme for "orphan works" - work for which it is impossible to trace the...
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Correction
In last month's feature on university access, "Reaching out but still falling short" (24 January), we reported that the University of East Anglia spent 13.5 per cent of its additional income from...
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20 years ago
Academics feel that they are not coping. They are working on overload. They seem to have more students, more essays to mark and more queries to answer. There are more letters to reply to, more...