Due notice required
The phrase "snooping" is completely ludicrous ("Students' union accused of snooping on lecturers", 30 April) when students are being asked to respond to academic staff who fail to attend sessions...
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Pipped to pole position
While wishing all success to the diploma in clinical hypnosis at St Mary's University College ("Mesmeric medicine", 9 April), it is not the first recognised academic qualification in clinical...
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Not in our front yard
Times Higher Education carried a review of a recent book published by Greenwood Press, Al-Qaeda Goes to College (23 April). Its subtitle is Impact of the War on Terror on American Higher Education....
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Bearding the Lion
Whether or not Laurie Taylor is, as Andrew Fisher suggested (Letters, 16 April), writing most of Times Higher Education's opinion pieces, it looks as though he may be choosing the illustrations....
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To the point
I am in favour of Twitter's use in academia ("Twitterati in the academy", 30 April). The Royal Society's research grant application squeezes the research proposal into 250 characters (including...
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String theory
In response to the question posed (Contents, 30 April), how long is a piece of string? I suggest that the answer is twice the distance from the end to the centre.Len Parkyn, Senior teacher - tertiary...
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Where in the world ..
Britain's university libraries are home to a historically rich and frequently surprising treasure trove of artefacts from every corner of the globe. Matthew Reisz conducts curiosity-driven research
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The personal touch
The intimate pedagogical relationship between students and academics sets UK universities apart from the rest of the world. But in an age of mass education and security concerns, the British way of...
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7 May 2009
A partnership in peril - The UK is in danger of losing the intimate relationship between teacher and student
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Tara Brabazon: So, what is your area of interest?
Stuart Hall supposedly asked one question that would determine whether a student joined the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies. Tara Brabazon examines the importance of having...
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MEPs to rein in changes to animal testing
Scientists successfully lobby for weakening of restrictions on primate experiments. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Bullied Blogger: Stasi brutes and Brecht
The harassment from the university is developing into an art form, endless, like a rigged game of roulette where the croupier fixes the bounce of the ball. I dread the postman and fear the phone...
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Oxford college accused of stifling free speech
A University of Oxford college has been accused of stifling free speech after it cancelled a lecture by a controversial anti-Zionist rabbi.
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University scholarships signal ‘new era’ in Anglo-Iraqi relations
In London, Prime Minister Maliki unveils a raft of initiatives to strengthen ties with the UK higher education sector, while in Basra, British forces withdraw. John Gill reports
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Outsiders required to deliver economic impact
Nesta says universities need ‘boundary spanners’ to build commercial links and boost businesses. Hannah Fearn reports