Instrumentalist discord
Mary Evans’ review misses the point and importance of Joanna Williams’ Consuming Higher Education: Why Learning Can’t Be Bought (Books, 17 January).While the Left and the students’ unions have argued...
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Strong roots and branches
In recent years, a number of British universities have encouraged international outreach by establishing campuses worldwide. Students from around the world benefit from the establishment of such...
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Mark my words
I read with interest about the inexpensive technique allowing lecturers to record personalised video feedback while marking, but I am not convinced that it would reduce marking time as proposed (“...
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Selective motives
I would be less cynical about the Office for Fair Access chief Les Ebdon’s motives if he were even half as obsessed with the social mix at less highly selective institutions as he is with that seen...
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Plan B from beyond reason
While I note the research that underlines how much graduates contribute to the economy in extra tax, and hence the negative economic impact of a reduction in student numbers, I suspect that here at...
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Sound and fury
The critics of private-sector higher education can muster plenty of hostility - even hatred - towards its providers but precious few reasoned arguments, according to Peter Crisp
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Grant winners
LEVERHULME TRUSTResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: Peter MeyerInstitution: University of LeedsValue: ÂŁ101,765Dissecting an ancient but hitherto cryptic function of DNA...
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Stanley Cohen, 1942-2013
The sociologist who pioneered the hugely influential notion of “moral panics” has died.Stanley Cohen was born on 23 February 1942 and grew up in Johannesburg. His first “political” memory, he later...
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Leave the Irish sector alone to get on with the task of renewal
The state and its agencies must stop their constant interference with a national success story, argues Ferdinand von Prondzynski
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A truth should suffice
David Edmonds contrasts Edmund Gettier’s three-page 1963 masterpiece with the endless outflow induced by the emetic REF
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Unexpected martyr for the open-access movement
Reddit co-founder’s death may bring closer what activist hoped for in life. Jon Marcus reports
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Lying, Misleading, & What is Said
Ishani Maitra considers an exploration of the forms deception takes - and their moral significance
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Shakespeare's Education
In October 2011 a highly respected and state-sanctioned charity committed an act of subversion. It wasn’t exactly revolutionary but it had the desired effect of attracting attention. Following the...
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Why Australia Prospered: The Shifting Sources of Economic Growth
The success of the Australian economy - its last official recession ended in 1991 and it has enjoyed more than 20 years of almost uninterrupted growth, slowing only recently - is impressive in...