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The viva, the final hurdle to gaining a PhD, is labour-intensive, not conducted to any national standard and is dreaded by students who fear an examiner will capriciously halt their career. Is it...
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Campus round-up
Fit to printA group of illustration students are bringing traditional printmaking skills back to the defunct press room of a local newspaper. The former press room at the Bournemouth Echo building,...
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Thatcher’s academic paradox
Margaret Thatcher was committed to freedom, but under her reign state power over universities increased. Vernon Bogdanor assesses her legacy to education
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Malcolm Gillies - Saga holidays
Malcolm Gillies discusses Parsifal and Wagner’s bicentenary
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Toby Miller shakily recalls an airborne brush with terror
Toby Miller recalls a paralysing encounter with terror in the skies and asks: in my shoes, would you have reacted differently?
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Tim Luckhurst on the BBC-LSE spat over Panorama's penetration of North Korea
Complaining about being kept in the dark on undercover reporting in North Korea is peevish of the LSE, believes Tim Luckhurst
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If university education is a human right, high fees may be legally wrong, argues Geraldine Van Bueren
International law could help opponents of rising tuition costs fight their battle, counsels Geraldine Van Bueren
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Obituary - Katharine Giles
A talented young academic who carried out groundbreaking research into global warming has died.Katharine Giles, who was born on 22 March 1978, held a Natural Environment Research Council scholarship...
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Awards and promotions
University of HelsinkiThomas Wilhelmsson“I need to convince myself that I should not interfere because the chancellor needs to understand that the rector does the day-to-day jobs,” said Thomas...
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THE Scholarly Web - Fear itself
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Grant winners
Leverhulme TrustMajor Research FellowshipsAward winner: Paul HenleyInstitution: University of ManchesterValue: £141,361The silent time machine: recovering early ethnographic filmAward winner: Paul...
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Research intelligence - Broadcasting a gender
A BBC project aims to boost numbers of female experts on radio and TV. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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US aims to start young and keep going
Starting higher education in school pays financial and academic dividends, writes Jon Marcus
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Literary theory
When I served as the head of an English department in North West England, I was faced with a number of what may politely be called “challenges”. But one challenge I did not face was figuring out what...
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Accentuate for-profit positives, eliminate negatives
US policymakers should not overlook the positive aspects of for-profit colleges, a study has argued.The report from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a right- leaning thinktank based in...