In their own words
The University of Southampton's Centre for Global Englishes is to be welcomed ("A word of advices: let speakers of Englishes do it their way, UK told", News, 17 May). Much as the tradition of British...
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Same old tune
Regarding "Pianist wants comeback as review hits bum notes" (News, 10 May).I am currently organising a short season of recitals involving professional musicians to be funded by business sponsorship...
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Van stalls
I very much enjoyed the eulogy of Van Morrison by neuropsychiatrist Ray Dolan ("And he stoned me", Features, 24 May). But maybe that is because I too am a long-time "Van the Man" fan.Yet, while...
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Fawlty reaction
Mary Evans' "Heartbreak hotels" (Opinion, 24 May) served little purpose. The appropriate reaction to the lamentable "service" she described was: first, complain to the hotel manager face to face and...
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Stop digging
Helen Sword's book Stylish Academic Writing has an interesting title. Could you publish a review of the contents? ("Prose to die for, by the Spade-ful", Books, 3 May).Martyn Thomas, London
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Ian Oswald, 1929-2012
One of the world's leading experts on sleep has died.Ian Oswald was born in London on 4 August 1929. He was educated in the capital and at the Herbert Strutt grammar school in Belper, Derbyshire -...
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THE Scholarly Web
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Campus round-up
University of East LondonDresses to impressBudding fashion designers presented their work to the Queen during a stop on her Diamond Jubilee tour of the UK. Mikaela Cephinis, a foundation textiles and...
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31 May 2012
Rat race to the bottom - Unhealthy competition gnaws away at university values
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The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot, by Robert Macfarlane
Peregrination gives way to contemplation in a beautifully wrought travelogue, finds Timothy Mowl
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Milburn criticises employers over elite recruitment
Barriers to entering many professions are being reinforced by employers who recruit from a small cohort of socially exclusive universities, according to the government’s independent reviewer of...
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Campus Review: Australian science healthy but vulnerable, says chief scientist
Agricultural sciences, physics, mathematics and chemistry have been identified as “vulnerable” by Australia’s chief scientist.
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Chancellors write to PM over international students
Dozens of university chancellors and heads of governing councils have written to the prime minister backing calls for international students to be removed from net migration statistics.
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Greenwich greenest in environment table
The University of Greenwich has topped the People and Planet Green League 2012, up from joint fifth place last year.
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Inside Higher Ed: Romney reveals higher education plans
By Libby A. Nelson for Inside Higher Ed