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Campus round-up
University of East AngliaLiquid hunches are not enoughDehydration is a severe problem for the elderly, causing confusion and falls and making hospital admission more likely, yet it is not always easy...
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Odds and quads
This 18-carat gold cigarette case belonged to Harry Price (1881-1948), a writer, amateur conjuror and ghost hunter who, in 1923, set up the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, in order "to...
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Out of the shadows
W.G. Sebald, stifled by the culture of silence in post-war Germany, by 鈥榩eople鈥檚 ability to forget what they do not want to know鈥, settled in 1960s England and wrote groundbreaking literary works to...
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22 September 2011
High anxiety - Tense about the new term? You鈥檙e not alone
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Data be damned: REF's blueprint for systemic intellectual corruption
The abandonment of metrics will leave the assessment exercise exposed to sheer subjectivity and bias, warns Andrew Oswald
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Sage fright
Excitement, anxiety, shaking in your boots. Academics experience mixed feelings as term starts, says Jon Marcus
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Universities cheered by Scottish spending review, but colleges face pain
The Scottish government has pledged to increase funding for universities in a spending review that sets the budget for the next three years.
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Clegg: 鈥楤reaking promise on fees was heart-wrenching鈥
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has described the coalition government鈥檚 decision to increase university tuition fees 鈥 which went against pledges he made before the election 鈥 as 鈥渉eart-wrenching鈥...
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Trial of Italian seismologists 鈥榤isguided鈥, experts warn
A decision to charge a group of Italian seismologists and officials with manslaughter for failing to predict an earthquake that killed over 300 people 鈥渄efies belief鈥, according to a UK expert in the...
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鈥楽how students the data 鈥 or others will do it for you鈥, Willetts warns
Students should be able to view simple pie-charts showing how their university spends its tuition fee income, David Willetts has said.
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Doubts raised about PQA and AAB proposals as sector responds to White Paper
Plans for students to apply to university after receiving their A-level results have been challenged as the consultation on the higher education White Paper draws to a close.
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鈥極xbridge obsession鈥 blamed for holding back social mobility agenda
A 鈥渘arrow, Oxbridge-obsessed鈥 approach to higher education reform will thwart attempts to increase social mobility, according to a new report by a group of new universities.
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Lib Dems vote for rethink on loan repayments by part-time students
Delegates at the Liberal Democrat party conference have supported a motion asking the government to look again at its proposals for the tuition fee loans given to part-time students.