Feel the energy
Further to your report on the University of Essex's study into the health dangers of terrestrial trunked radio, or Tetra, "a type of phone mast" ("Hold the phones, it's fine", 15 April), it may be...
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Dubious vintage
Shock, horror! Nice, predominantly middle-class academics to vote Lib Dem ("Clear preference for Clegg in poll", 8 April)?Perhaps more interesting than this entirely predictable outcome is the...
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My eureka moment: The enemies within
His research into Soviet and Stasi operatives and their sympathisers in the academy led Anthony Glees to see the risks posed today by Islamic terrorists on campus
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Exposed and vulnerable
The title could describe the feelings of overseas students in Australia and also the universities that enrol them. Phil Baty examines how violence against foreigners has put institutions' reliance on...
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Preliminary measures
After an earlier plan was scrapped by an incoming Labor government, Australia is finally set to launch its scheme to assess the quality of all academic departments. Zoë Corbyn reports
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The meaning of life
You don't have to be a devout believer to study the Bible - its insights into the human condition are enlightening for everyone, writes Dale Salwak
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22 April 2010
The campus vote - Students and academics ramp up for a show of political clout
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Staff in capital call for strikes
UCU ballots produce majorities backing industrial action at UCL and Westminster. John Morgan reports
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There is such a thing as sociology at Birmingham
Plan to scrap the subject is dropped along with threat of compulsory redundancies. John Morgan reports
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Take the heat out of trial by fire
Tara Brabazon offers 10 tips to make doctoral candidates’ oral examinations less of an ordeal
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Terminal diagnosis for UCL’s history of medicine centre
Wellcome Trust-funded unit set to close within two years. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Plans turn to ashes
Scholars stranded by volcanic eruption think creatively as travel mayhem affects the academy. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Further dilution of homeopathy offerings
Robert Gordon scraps CAM course due to lack of interest. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Lost children of the audit revolution
Once upon a time, the academy saw its role as subjecting prevailing ideologies to a critical eye. But after decades of political pressure, it has surrendered its independence and lost its soul,...
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University Alliance’s latest member
Glasgow Caledonian exits Million+ to join other ‘business-focused universities’ with matching values. Melanie Newman reports