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  1. Figures strut and fret on sociological stage (2 of 2)

    Jonathan Steinberg is entitled to advocate the revival of biography as a legitimate form of historical writing. As the article's standfirst notes, it is people who make history, even if not in...

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  2. Too big to succeed

    I have yet to see or hear convincing evidence to support the idea that a three-way merger creating a "super-university" for South East Wales would deliver higher quality, greater choice or enhanced...

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  3. Narrowed opportunities

    Readers of Times Higher Education might not have noticed two technical papers published by the Department for Education in early July that herald a monumental shift in A levels with major...

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  4. Double standards

    Last month, the Higher Education Funding Council for England issued a piece of advice relating to individual circumstances for the research excellence framework.On the REF website, Hefce lists a...

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  5. What matters is what works

    David Palfreyman, director of the Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies, says that the university information website by Which? "could become a more influential source of advice for...

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  6. Small-minded island

    As one who finds English cultural hubris a source of constant amusement, I savoured two splendid examples of the trait in Times Higher Education recently.One was big-game hunter Malcolm Gillies'...

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  7. Raising the 'spectras' (1 of 2)

    As an active spectroscopist and user of Michael Hollas' excellent texts, I agree wholeheartedly with his comments about the usage of "spectra" ("Singularly annoying", Letters, 19 July). However,...

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  8. Raising the 'spectras' (2 of 2)

    Michael Hollas describes a number of common "incorrect" English usages that cause him "continual irritation", such as the use of "phenomena" as a singular noun. It would be helpful to those of us...

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  10. What are you reading?

    A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

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  13. The week in higher education

    • About one in seven state schools did not send a single pupil to a Russell Group university in 2009-10, the Financial Times reported on 18 July. Some 330 schools - 15 per cent - sent no children to...

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  15. Off Piste - Hive talking

    Can useful parallels be drawn between apiculture and running a university? Ruth Farwell does both and isn’t sure, but one thing’s for certain: in both pursuits, losing your cool can sting

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