No mandate for change
In The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy (1991), Albert O. Hirschman warns that a typical trope from the camp of reaction is that an action will produce, via a trail of unintended...
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Analysis of poverty is poor (1 of 2)
Your lead book review does no favours to those wary of the forthcoming research excellence framework ("A wealth of detail on a conundrum", 15 March). Howard Davies knows a bit about failure from his...
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Analysis of poverty is poor (2 of 2)
Howard Davies' astute comments on the REF's corrosive effects on the quality of academic writing remind me of Flannery O'Connor's observation: "Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the universities...
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Elite mission front
Regarding "Russell Group 'a more natural fit' " (15 March). There is surely only one word for the universities that have left the 1994 Group: splitters.Keith Flett, London
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John House, 1945-2012
John House was a passionate scholar, curator and art historian known for his boyish enthusiasm. His expertise in and keenness for 19th-century French painting were matched only by his enthusiasm as a...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Campus round-up
Manchester/Manchester School of ArchitectureLost undergroundExcavations for a long-forgotten underground railway in Manchester have been rediscovered. Martin Dodge, senior lecturer in human geography...
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22 March 2012
Measuring up - Judging scholarship as the US enters a post-tenure age
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National Scholarship Programme is little more than a sideshow
Financial aid for individuals during their studies is crucial, argues Liam Burns, but the incoherent NSP will do more harm than good
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Painful reflection
Media self-hatred is fuelling the attacks on media studies, says Sally Feldman
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Budget package holds 拢100m for research
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced investment worth 拢100 million for universities in a bid to boost private-sector investment in research.
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A quarter of students expect more contact time
Almost one-quarter of students in the UK receive less lecture time than they thought they would get before they started university, a new report has revealed.
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Taking students out of immigration tally would be 鈥榥onsense鈥
Removing international students from official immigration figures would reduce government statistics to 鈥渘onsense鈥, the head of a migration pressure group has claimed.
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Record donation to King鈥檚 College law school
King鈥檚 College London has received the largest donation from an individual in its history - a 拢20 million gift for its School of Law.
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Warwick and Queen Mary collaborate on teaching and research
The University of Warwick and Queen Mary, University of London, could share lecturers as part of a new programme of research and outreach collaboration.