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9 January 2014
False fronts - Why some academics feel like frauds
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THE Scholarly Web - 9 January 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Q&A with Joanna Newman
We speak to the new vice-principal (international) of King’s College London
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Mark Bickerton, 1963-2013
A passionate advocate of international education has died
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Grant winners - 9 January 2014
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsHumanitiesAward winner: Paul BotleyInstitution: University of WarwickValue: ÂŁ184,040Isaac Casaubon in England (1610-14): a critical edition of his...
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Between the lines
Alan Collins, in his appropriately positive review of Douwe Draaisma’s The Nostalgia Factory: Memory, Time and Ageing (Books, 12 December), notes that “Draaisma writes in a lively style”, but fails...
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News in brief - 9 January 2014
Undergraduate applicationsDecember tally lowest since 2010The number of English students applying by mid-December for undergraduate degree study in the UK is the lowest in five years. A total of 2,...
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Very unsatisfied with NSS
The National Student Survey is the very worst kind of PR scam ever to have afflicted higher education.It does not measure staff commitment to student success or display appreciation for the huge...
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UK is shutting itself off
Over the past year, we have repeatedly said that the UK government’s “brightest and the best” message has been badly received in India and has affected student recruitment. So it was gratifying to...
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Title scramble
The story about academic ranks/titles at Kingston University (“Kingston v-c defends last post for principal lecturers and readers”, News, 2 January) raises again the conspicuous lack of...
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Take any seat
The British Federation of Women Graduates welcomes the news that Universities UK has withdrawn its controversial guidance on voluntary gender segregation of audiences at the request of guest speakers...
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AHRC’s misguided gamble
Louis Goddard is right to condemn the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s doctoral training partnership scheme (“AHRC’s flawed doctoral dating game has left big names on the shelf”, Opinion, 19/26...
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The case for more isn’t so simple, Mr Willetts
No one denies the wider benefits of a university degree. However, in his advocacy of an expansionist higher education policy (“Why the cap no longer fits”, 2 January), David Willetts, the...