Appointments - 28 March 2013
University of LeedsPaul Stewart“I had a tear in my eye,” said the new dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds of the moment he learned of his appointment, which will take him back...
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Public good, public service
The public-private balance of funding sources needs to be adjusted to protect the public interest, says Roger Brown
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Political lottery
Alan Ryan considers a new method of governance
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Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Terry Hale, Tim Hall, Karen McAulay and Sharon Wheeler...
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Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education by Roger Brown, with Helen Carasso
Joanna Williams commends a rigorous analysis of the impact of funding changes on the sector
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American Lynching by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy
CĂ©leste Marie-Bernier admires an original approach to a shameful period in US history
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Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering by Clive Hamilton
Steve Yearley assesses a timely critique of controversial plans to manage climate change
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Speaking of Race and Class: The Student Experience at an Elite College by Elizabeth Aries, with Richard Berman
Ann Mullen is intrigued by the findings, but would have enjoyed more analysis
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Image Warfare in the War on Terror by Nathan Roger
Neville Bolt on how states and militaries fail to grasp the changing role of media in our lives
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Working-time culture: no need for taught CVs
I sympathise with Steve Sarson (“Students are sent to the rat race maze: syllabus is history”, Opinion, 21 March). Like him, I teach history undergraduates and I agree that it is improper for...
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Open the floodgates
“Fools’ gold? (14 February) is an excellent and perceptive summary of the extant open-access proposals. Let me declare now that I am an editor of an Elsevier journal that currently runs on the...
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Knee-squeeze reaction
Why did Felipe Fernández-Armesto feel the need to begin his article on sex scandals in higher education by describing a former student as “Statuesque. Stunning. Spectacular,” before suggesting “more...
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Access dividends
In regards to “QAA highlights problems with UK accounting degree” (News, 21 March): I felt it was important to address three points.First, students are deemed as registered on the BSc programme on...
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Truly avant-garde
I was disappointed with the reader responses to “Lines of investigation” and “Opus versus output”, your articles about artistic practice as research (7 March). Of the two professors emeritus numbered...
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Real-world concerns
The Financial Times’ Michael Skapinker queries the effectiveness of online lectures (The week in higher education, 21 March): “how long are people watching before they flip to Facebook?” As anyone...