REF isn't blind to reality (2 of 2)
Excluding Greece from an assessment of the European Union economy, Heurelho Gomes from an evaluation of Tottenham Hotspur or poor performing companies from a trust portfolio appraisal is...
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Credit rating complexities
Much is made of a possible analogy between the case of Jules Hoffmann and Bruno Lemaitre and that of Selman Waksman and Albert Schatz ("Did Hoffmann take the Nobel for the team?", 22/29 December)....
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Firm blow in title fight
On 4 January, David Willetts "invited proposals for new types of university with a focus on science and technology and on postgraduates".This plan to allow what seem to be free-standing research...
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Keen oversight
I was reading your article on the University of Wales and its validation activities ("Boom and bust", 5 January) when my eye was drawn to a reference to the British Accreditation Council. I'd like to...
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Missing missions
Even though our economy is a small fraction of that of the US, the budgets of the National Science Foundation and Research Councils UK were more or less equal ($6 billion and £3 billion) as little as...
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Sloppy KIS? Spare us
Richard Partington is right ("Unregulated KIS data overload will baffle, not enlighten, students", 22/29 December). Of the many points he makes about Key Information Sets, there's an enduring...
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Bleak USS midwinter
Did readers see Universities Superannuation Scheme investment staff kissing Santa Claus? Their stockings were stuffed with bonuses (averaging £36,000) again this year. Clearly Santa hasn't heard of...
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Film review: War Horse
The wonder of a heroic wartime tale is lost in Steven Spielberg's cinematic landscape, says Will Brooker
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TV review: The Search for Life: The Drake Equation
The step from chemistry to biology is so ordinary that life must exist elsewhere, says Gary Day
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Roger Pollard, 1946-2011
Roger Pollard was known for his "sound judgement and creative thinking, passion for academic excellence and zeal for effective and fair governance", as well as for bringing a light-hearted touch to...
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Campus round-up
Imperial College LondonPositive aid to sugar controlWeight-loss surgery is not a cure for type 2 diabetes, but it can improve blood-sugar control, a study has found. Previous studies have claimed...
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Odds and quads
Helen and Edith Chesebrough rest on the steps with their Airedale terriers - Rough, Radiance and Master Nobbler - in Burlingame, California in 1917. Three years later, Anita Blake poses with a lapdog...
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12 January 2012
How engaging - Wooing alumni with the promise of lifelong relationships
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Concern as pay-day loans company targets students
A pay-day loans company has been accused of preying on vulnerable students after advertising itself as an alternative to government-backed student loans.