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Vocational degreesHigher education for apprenticesThe Government has pledged to help more apprentices go to university and says it is considering a new form of vocational degree. John Denham, the...
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Daytime TV: The simple things
Gary Day on the beauty of everyday objects, a baroque pilgrimage and a long-running soap
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Most cited authors of books in the humanities, 2007
Data provided by Thomson Reuters’ ISI Web of Science, 2007
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Blue is the colour
Following the news of a porno shoot on Loughborough campus, the Head of our Plumbing Department, Professor L.M. Forsett, has responded with alacrity to the claim that Dr Jeff Freebody, a junior...
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The fusion of two cultures
Art and science can work hand in glove, writes Sally Feldman
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Off Piste: The great escape
Dwindling joie de vivre, receding hairlines and the sneaking suspicion that our PVIs are MIA: Paul Cornish makes an in-depth analysis of the midlife crisis and urges a robust action plan - on two...
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Leader: Awkward truths get short shrift
Although the Government has said it wants evidence to inform its policies, many academics feel that their voices go unheard
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From where I sit - Swat heritage hanging by a thread
Monuments did not make the headlines when the Pakistan Government recognised the Taliban takeover of the Swat Valley in February. This was understandable, as the closure of girls' schools, the fate...
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Donald Leach, 1931-2009
Donald Leach, a highly effective principal of what is now Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, has died.He was born on 24 June 1931 and educated in Croydon, London. He left school at 16 to work in...
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EPSRC grant policy endangers UK science
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's recently announced policy change on the submission of research proposals for funding includes the statement: "From 1 June 2009, we will...
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Pay up, pay out and pay off 1
Your article on academic salaries states that the Higher Education Statistics Agency figures do not include the annual 3 per cent increment most academic staff would have received in 2007-08. Jocelyn...
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Pay up, pay out and pay off 2
The implication of your editorial is that good people are motivated only by money, and that there is a linear relationship between how much money you need to pay someone and how good they are (Leader...
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Pay up, pay out and pay off 3
As stated in the University of Nottingham's published financial statements, the 2008 emoluments for Sir Colin Campbell comprised a basic salary of £0,000 plus a payment in lieu of employer's pension...
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Pay up, pay out and pay off 4
You state that Bath Spa did not have any female professors in 2007-08. In fact, women (myself included) made up 13 per cent of all professors.Fiona Montgomery, Bath Spa University.