Hefce leader dismisses fear of end of blue-skies work
But most academics now describe their research as applied or 'user-inspired'. Hannah Fearn writes
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Greenwich and Leeds Met given 'limited confidence' ratings by QAA
Watchdog criticises monitoring of standards at the two institutions. Melanie Newman reports
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Philosophy - think about it, it's fun and it's for everyone
Warwick academic set to promote the application of ethics in everyday life. Matthew Reisz reports
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Super Russell and the quest for first principles
It must have been a tough idea to sell to a publisher: a graphic novel about Bertrand Russell's "quest for the foundations of mathematics".The philosopher and mathematician, probably the best-known...
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No resistance to the pen-pushers
'Supine' academy blamed for not fighting rise in 'disastrous' bureaucracy. Melanie Newman writes
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News in brief
MergersScience bodies join forcesThe Institute of Biology and the Biosciences Federation have united to form the Society of Biology after members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move. It is...
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Nurturing critical minds
Lecturers must do more than lecture, argues Mary Malcolm: they must develop students' intellectual-inquiry skills
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Individual and national success demands one path to higher skills
To meet future challenges, we need a single knowledge infrastructure incorporating higher and further education, says Lord Mandelson
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Daytime TV: Putting on the Ritz
Gary Day admires Joan Collins' chutzpah as she encourages three generations of women to glam up
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Global winners!
"The Poppletonians are coming!" That was the exultant reaction of our vice-chancellor to the news that our university had leapt seven places in the 2009 World University Rankings."We've still some...
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Appendix A: I'm knackered
Lecturing when fatigued is an inescapable fact of life for Kevin Fong
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: The value of past masters
Historians separate fact from fiction, keeping politicians honest and clearing the way for better thinking
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From where I sit: An exercise in mass courtship
When you're engaged in teaching classes or immersed in research, you tend to forget that higher education is big business. That attitude is much harder to sustain when you are standing on the floor...
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Dennis Marsden, 1933-2009
A leading sociologist - who analysed everything from class mobility in education to intimacy and infidelity - has died.Dennis Marsden was born in Huddersfield on 25 June 1933, the son of a Methodist...