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  2. Angus Calder 1942-2008

    An academic who combined his teaching and research with work as an author, poet, critic, editor, journalist, historian and cultural commentator has died aged 66.Angus Calder studied English at the...

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  3. Nottingham: why I have to speak out 1

    It is with regret that I feel compelled to write to counter the assertions made by Sir Colin Campbell, vice-chancellor of the University of Nottingham, about the arrest and subsequent release of the...

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  4. Nottingham: why I have to speak out 2

    Sir Colin Campbell has not made the case for academic freedom reigning at the University of Nottingham. He needs to cite facts rather than relying on assertions. The answer sought remains: why waste...

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  5. Leave scheme lost to FEC

    The story on full economic costing ("Cheques and balances", 19 June) understandably makes little mention of the arts and humanities. However, one important unintended consequence of FEC concerns the...

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  6. Rhetoric is not research

    Shoddy perpetuation of presupposition and prejudice is passed off as "research" in the report of the forthcoming book by Dennis Hayes and Kathryn Ecclestone ("'Infantilised' students and staff rapped...

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  7. Scholarship is still valued

    Martin Cohen's witty attack on academic bookshops ("Banality at bargain prices", 12 June) singled out my Last Witnesses: The Muggletonian History as a recent casualty. Coincidentally, The London...

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  8. On board with flagship idea 1

    Kevin Sharpe's opinion piece raises some hugely important issues and promotes the idea of an Institute of Advanced Studies ("We need a flagship to lead the humanities fleet to fighting fitness", 19...

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  9. On board with flagship idea 2

    Were Kevin Sharpe to head to Bloomsbury in search of intellectual exchange about some of his favourite subjects (Renaissance studies and the history of the book), he would find that the Warburg...

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  10. Pay review will be robust

    As the three independent members appointed to the Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff review of higher education finance and pay data, we feel it is important to bring some...

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  11. Positive appraisal

    I hope that Michael Sheehan's next appraisal applauds his heroic stance against appraisal and performance management ("'Performance management is a waste of time', claims HR professor", 19 June). If...

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  12. NSS is a tool for good 1

    Lee Harvey's criticisms of the National Student Survey ("Jumping through hoops on a white elephant", 12 June) are unfounded. He cites two "blatant attempts at manipulation" by university staff, but...

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  13. NSS is a tool for good 2

    Lee Harvey's views on the National Student Survey overlook the very real benefits it has brought to prospective students and to the universities. Tomorrow's students face a bewildering array of...

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  14. Poppletonian spirit

    Energy audits? Work-life balance? Spiritual health? Positive life choice? (News, 19 June). Surely this should have been in The Poppletonian?William Gibson, Oxford Brookes University.

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  15. The nosy professor

    Sam Gosling pokes around people's homes, into their cupboards and under their beds. But it's not voyeuristic - such off-the-wall research is delivering crucial insights into personality, Matthew...

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