The week in higher education
A leading astronomer has caused consternation among scientists by accepting a prize that recognises "exceptional contributions to affirming life's spiritual dimension". Sir Martin Rees, former head...
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Leader: It makes the world go round...
But the pursuit of money can be a zero-sum game, and one nation's loss may be another's gain - as the UK could learn to its cost
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From where I sit - Yale makes India a key focus
Why is there a new buzz to the Yale-India relationship?New Haven academia's links with India are longstanding, beginning in 1718 when the Collegiate School of Connecticut was renamed Yale College in...
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Tim Everton, 1951-2011
Tim Everton, a keen rugby player and an even keener organiser of post-match drinks, spent most of his career in teacher training, but ended up as a pub landlord.Mr Everton started out as a lecturer...
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Vince, you made your bed...
…and when it comes to £9,000 fees, you ought to lie in it, argues Kevin Fong
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Compromising higher learning, measure for reified measure
The obsession with contact hours is a result of the market logic that threatens to undermine the academy, argues Thomas Docherty
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Corrosive impact merits only dismissal (1 of 2)
Two years ago in this publication ("Modest revolt to save research from red tape", Letters, 12 February 2009), we wrote to express our concern with the research councils' new initiative now known as...
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Corrosive impact merits only dismissal (2 of 2)
So the Arts and Humanities Research Council claims to have voluntarily added the "Big Society" to its research themes ("Delete 'Big Society': email protest presses AHRC to drop Tory mantra", 7 April...
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A proportionate response (1 of 2)
Michael Pinto-Duschinsky needs to get a sense of proportion about conflicts of interest (Letters, 7 April). If I had recently applied for, or were currently in receipt of a grant from the Toepfer...
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A proportionate response (2 of 2)
Paul G. Ellis (Letters, 17 March) wrongly surmises that I do not know the difference between slaked lime and quicklime. The statement that supplies to the Lódz ghetto administration by Alfred Toepfer...
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Command and controls (1 of 2)
Mike Goldstein (Letters, 7 April) sensibly asks, "what about the public interest?" in the future governance of English universities. But what is the appropriate ambit of that future "public interest...
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Command and controls (2 of 2)
In view of the possible implications for the quality of the student experience of decisions made by governing bodies ("Old boys and girls should be handed the boardroom keys", 31 March), it is...
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Keep Rossetti in the picture
Two articles by Matthew Reisz draw welcome attention to excellent Victorian art exhibitions, but neither does Dante Gabriel Rossetti justice.To say that none of Rossetti's paintings comes close to...
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Independently stealthy
We must thank Thomas Docherty for reminding us just how ignorant ministers are about the powers of the Office for Fair Access ("Rethink funding 'mess' to achieve democratic and wide participation,"...
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Same fees, more help
It is not the case that "lower fees have been proposed" for students resident in Wales who study at Welsh universities ("Underlying disorders", 7 April). Subject to the Higher Education Funding...