All white, not all right (2 of 2)
You report that 76 per cent of UK professors are white men. Unfortunately, that is not surprising. Indeed, it really understates the problem because in addition, very few of them have beards, either...
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A truth-based professional
I worked with Gillian Radcliffe, who recently resigned as head of communications at the London College of Communication ("PR chief's parting shot cites LCC head's 'unfair' management style", 15...
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Desk and destruction
The picture of Lieutenant General George Francis Milne's desk, embellished with artefacts of death and destruction (Odds and Quads, 15 December), made me wonder whether a (slight mis)-quote of the...
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Final chapter?
Does every university need a bookshop? Should universities encourage booksellers to locate their enterprises on the campus?These are the questions raised by the sudden closure of Blackwell's bookshop...
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Of a different stripe
The suggestion that Pearson's apparent interest in acquiring the College of Law (The Week in 糖心Vlog, 15 December) might cause the state-funded sector to "...feel like wildebeest about to...
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More participation welcome
It is good to see the Office for Fair Access working hard to widen participation in...Offa.Tom Franklin, Tom Franklin Consulting
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Film review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
A Hollywood remake glosses over its source's message about misogyny in society, argues Will Brooker
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TV review: Wonderland: I Had the X Factor...25 Years Ago
From the spotlight to the gutter is a hard road, says Gary Day, reminding us that losers have lives, too
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John Ellis, 1953-2011
An academic, a gardener and a keen Sheffield Wednesday fan, John Ellis will be remembered as a traditional academic with a "mischievous" sense of humour.Professor Ellis was born in 1953 in Sheffield...
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Campus round-up
Royal Holloway, University of LondonDefence of the realmAcademics are working with a British intelligence agency to combat a new wave of cyber crime. As part of the government's Cyber Security...
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Odds and quads
These images from the University of Nottingham's Manuscripts and Special Collections feature in an interactive Advent calendar that has been unveiled day by day over the festive period.
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Brazil's science students break for the border
Brazil has announced a second round of applications for a ?1.3 billion study-abroad scheme that could result in thousands of students coming to UK universities.
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education
? As the National Union of Students revealed that more students are turning to sex work to cope with the cost of university, the Daily Mail mounted a graphic exposé. On 15 December, it told the tale...