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  1. From where I sit - Symbolic meaning

    If history is the hunting ground of politicians, as was suggested in Times Higher Education recently, then what makes one political deployment of history worse than another?This question is...

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    #News
    #Opinion

  2. John Ramsden, 1947-2009

    A historian who transformed understanding of British conservatism has died.

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  3. Impact is created in immeasurable ways 1

    How ironic that the "senior sector figures" should be protected by Chatham House rules, when the powerful rulers single me out as a powerless ordinary academic ("Managers and scholars divided as...

    #Letters

  4. Impact is created in immeasurable ways 2

    In their open letter to Research Councils UK, Donald Braben and his co-signatories urge peer reviewers to stage a "modest revolt" by declining to "assess" potential economic impact. It is worth being...

    #Letters

  5. Impact is created in immeasurable ways 3

    In an attempt to make opposition to the "impact agenda" seem foolish, a panellist is quoted as inviting academics to raise their hand if they would want their work to have no impact whatsoever: "I...

    #Letters

  6. Named and/or shamed?

    The article on citation counting ("A measure of humanities?", 5 November) mentions two reasons why this method is ill-suited to assessing the quality of work produced in the arts and humanities:...

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  7. Unequal treatment

    Keith Burnett's appointment as the new chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association comes at a critical time for the sector. We had hoped that a new face at the helm would usher in a...

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  8. Giving them space 1

    With reference to Kevin Sharpe's opinion piece "Quiet, please" (5 November), we'd like to make a number of points.Librarians within higher education are trying to address a multitude of needs and are...

    #Letters

  9. Giving them space 2

    Have librarians gone too far trying to shrug off their "Shhh!" image? As Kevin Sharpe acknowledges, the traditional library needed to change. Many readers now prefer to consult our resources online...

    #Letters

  10. As simple as ABC ..

    Michael Worton finds a lack of a "clear and compelling identity for modern foreign languages" ("Speak up to keep languages alive, review says", 22 October). He also notes a recent change of identity...

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  11. Visas and scholarships

    I thought that Melanie Newman's article "A funny sort of welcome" (29 October) did an excellent job of highlighting many issues around the new visa system. "A parent's story" particularly rang true...

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  12. Philosophical hurdles

    I look forward to reading Socrates in the Boardroom ("Captains of the academic enterprise", 15 October) although its title puzzles me just a little. If we follow Pierre Hadot's argument in What Is...

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  14. Manga's superstar plots British Museum capers

    Professor Munakata, professor of folklore at Toa Bunka University in Japan, prefers to avoid "the petty turf wars and power struggles of academia", and often finds himself isolated as a result.But by...

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  15. News in Brief

    Teaching parityResearch still key to top postsVery few promotions to senior posts in research-intensive universities include teaching as a criterion for advancement, a study for the Higher Education...

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