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  1. Kitaj: Portraits and Reflections

    The great Diasporist finds a resting place in an exhibition marked by tenderness and fine discrimination, says Alex Danchev

    #Art
    #Culture
    #Exhibitions

  2. 'Defend Oxford's noble aims from media attacks'

    University of Oxford academics should ignore media criticism and be proud to work in an "elite institution", a former BBC chief has said.

    #Institutions
    #News
    #University of Oxford

  3. Increase depth not volume

    A loud voice alone is not enough to merit a hearing, says Steven Schwartz

    #Columnists
    #Guest columnist
    #Opinion
    #Steven Schwartz

  4. Strength training and weight lifting

    Professional coaching - a common tool in business - is just starting to make inroads in the academy. Matthew Reisz speaks to advocates of tailor-made tactics for defeating stress, stasis and discord

    #Features

  5. Â鶹 truths Down Under

    Its higher education sector appears healthy, but will Australia's new demand-led system enable it to recruit enough domestic students to beat a drop in overseas recruitment and chronic underfunding?...

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  6. Title fights don't need weight restrictions

    As principal and chief executive of a higher education institution that prides itself on the individually focused, formative education it offers its students, I welcome the government's moves, as...

    #Letters

  7. Bursary conditions

    The Office for Fair Access' decisions on access agreements have thrown up some interesting differences in approach between "fee waivers" and "bursaries" ("Will Treasury coffers trump student pockets...

    #Letters

  8. All together on the REF

    We are writing on behalf of the UK's four higher education funding bodies to highlight an error in your article "Equality to score higher in REF" (14 July).In detailing many of the key measures in...

    #Letters

  9. Falsifiable claims

    Simon Marginson states that "subsidising just science-based areas fosters a lopsided 'idea of the university'" ("Liberal thinking", 14 July). His article is the latest to suggest that the arts and...

    #Letters

  10. Buoyed by Brazil

    You recently referred to The Observer's coverage of the visit to Brazil by David Willetts, the universities and science minister, and several UK university representatives (The Week in Higher...

    #Letters

  11. Surveillance society

    Gary Thomas and Nick Peim are right ("In ourselves we trust: if quality is the aim, think outside the tick-box", 14 July): the removal of trust means the removal of responsibility. I would go further...

    #Letters

  12. Fresh taints

    The University of Oxford should be proud of the way in which it has used its Rupert Murdoch chair of language and communication to turn "bad money into good" ("Oxford steadfast on Murdoch links", 14...

    #Letters

  13. Listen and learn

    While I support the general drift of your editorial "Give them incentives to improve" (14 July), I observe that the word "teach" and derivatives of it appear 13 times and "learning" three.The two are...

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  14. Film review: Beginners

    A handsome terrier lightens the load for a formidable trio grappling with life's mysteries, finds Duncan Wu

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    #Film