Proportionate strength
Ann Mroz (Leader, 6 October) says that by using a per capita measure, Switzerland (seven universities in the top 200) and the Netherlands (12 universities) lead the 2011-12 THE World University...
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Timely tirade
At last! An angry - and how - tirade against the millionaire buffoons who lead this wretched, undemocratic government, safe and secure in the knowledge that their privileged backgrounds and private...
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Alpha and omega again
As a THE reader since its inception, may I congratulate you on its ruby anniversary ("Many happy returns", 13 October). One item sadly missing from your remembrance of things past is the publication'...
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Film review: We Need To Talk About Kevin
Will Brooker explores the unsettling juxtaposition of self and other in Lynne Ramsay's skilful adaptation
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TV review: Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
Joanna Lumley's honeyed charm wins over everyone she meets on her tour of Greece, says Gary Day
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Stewart Russell, 1955-2011
A leading pioneer in the emerging field of science, technology and innovation studies (STIS) has died.Stewart Russell was born on 6 August 1955 at Eastleigh in Hampshire and educated at Wimborne...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Campus round-up
University of SouthamptonForeign body trainingMedical students will be able to complete a major part of their training in continental Europe as the result of a partnership between a UK university and...
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Odds and quads
The bronze lamp in the form of an improbable bird takes its origins from the drawings of grotesque beasts by the Dutch designer and silversmith Arent van Bolten, dating from around 1620.
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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20 October 2011
Meet your new research partner - Embrace the rise of the citizen scientist
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Baroness bemoans ‘poorly focused’ efforts to measure quality
A former president of the British Academy has argued that universities are subject to “elaborate forms of accountability that reveal little about how effectively students are taught or how much they...
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‘Excellent but under pressure’: official verdict on UK research
The UK research base is the most productive in the world but its position could be threatened by relatively low investment, a government-commissioned report warns.
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Influence wielded by chief scientific advisers ‘varies hugely’
The status and influence of chief scientific advisors varies wildly across government, with many advisors lacking sufficient independence, oversight, or ministerial access to properly fulfil their...
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Inside Higher Ed: Jstor for life
By Steve Kolowich, for Inside Higher Ed