Vital variations
I was disappointed to read dismissive comments about the Chopin Online Variorum Edition in the feature "Surfdom" (8 December). Both those interested in musical editing and practical musicians...
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Praise for the engine room
糖心Vlog's People pages suggest a world of fast-moving go-getters - with the exception, over on the right, of a lone deceased colleague whose dedication to their discipline and students...
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Film review: The Iron Lady
A film about Margaret Thatcher is unrealistic about her and events in her premiership, says Duncan Wu
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TV review: Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
The BBC's new Sherlock Holmes is great fun, says Gary Day, but the man himself remains an enigma
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Petra Rogers, 1970-2011
A Czech who came to make Leeds her home, Petra Rogers was cheerful and popular, and was known for her compassion and sensitivity.Ms Rogers was born in the Czech Republic on 23 May 1970. She studied...
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THE Scholarly Web
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Campus round-up
Imperial College LondonFairytale ending?The widely accepted "Goldilocks theory" of why life flourishes on Earth has been challenged. The idea posits there is no life on Venus or Mars because they are...
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Odds and quads
In 2010, sculptor Tom Harvey created this work from the remains of a 250-year-old cedar tree - the oldest on the campus of The Open University - which had fallen victim to an infestation of the small...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Drop the pilot: drone courses pursued in search of security
US students flock to unmanned-aircraft degrees as civilian market beckons. Jon Marcus reports
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The week in higher education
? An Indian postgraduate at Lancaster University was shot dead on 26 December as he made his way to the opening of the sales in Manchester. A 20-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Anuj...
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From where I sit - Perception is everything
The Knight review of Australia's student-visa programme has ushered in changes Down Under that are an inconvenience for the UK, but they are not the real cause of our current malaise - or the biggest...
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Appointments
UCFB College of Football BusinessRichard FlashA former professional footballer has taken up the post of lecturer in football business and marketing at the UCFB College of Football Business.Richard...
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Leader: Perils of the export business
Although UK institutions' foreign-accreditation initiatives have been largely problem-free, even a few disasters are too many
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5 January 2012
Cash cow disease - How the wages of validation led to a 118-year-old institution’s demise