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Although the University of Portsmouth has had a single, purpose-built library since 1976, which was extended in 1988, changing technology and huge expansion in student numbers have left it unsuitable...
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It could be you, but getting an offer is merely a lottery
Universities should say merit plays no part in getting a place, professor argues. Melanie Newman reports
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Lifelong learners can work out at gym for the mind
Baroness Deech, the former head of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, once likened studying for a university degree to going to the gym: you pay your money, but you have to put in the work to...
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A champagne generation
Student debt is not all down to fees. Kevin Sharpe argues that the desire to live a luxurious lifestyle plays a part, too
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Art: whether you love it or hate it, the purpose is to elicit a response
Artists produce work as a result of internal or external stimuli - the only aim should be to cause a reaction, argues A.C. Grayling
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Daytime TV: Bored to death
Both the art of dying and of Andy Warhol leave Gary Day feeling distinctly underwhelmed
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Goodbye to all that
Yes, it's a brand-new academic year and we mark the occasion by reprinting this address to incoming undergraduates by our Head of Student Satisfaction, Damian Snagsby - "Greetings. And welcome to...
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Practical implications
Alan Ryan says technical training is vital - and must be funded properly
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: Class still the secret to success
Those with a private-school education still attend the best universities, get the best jobs and hold top spots in academia
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From where I sit: Bye-bye, American high
The era of US dominance in higher education, like the era of the expanding American middle class, seems to be over. Its official death knell might have been sounded when Deborah Solomon's interview...
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Benjamin Fisher (1963-2009)
Benjamin Fisher, a leading expert on both avant-garde French literature and Welsh railways, has died.He was born in Birmingham on 3 September 1963 but grew up in Newcastle-under-Lyme close to Keele...
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Academic knowledge must be socially useful 1
Last week, ÌÇÐÄVlog made a spirited defence of the importance of university research being independent of political or economic goals. The University of Warwick's Steve Fuller supported...
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Academic knowledge must be socially useful 2
Once again, ÌÇÐÄVlog privileges the self-proclaimed Institute of Ideas, but "it is a bit rich", as Claire Fox puts it in her fight for "useless knowledge", to "whinge on" about its...
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Academic knowledge must be socially useful 3
The article on David Mitchell reminded me of the parallel Arthur Koestler drew between scientific creativity and the way laughter emerges when incongruous situations are brought together, a process...