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Princelings, plutocracy and peregrinations
Academic Charisma and the Origins of the Research University
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Conservative clerics committed to progress
Protestant Theology and the Making of the Modern German University
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Crystallise learning in a goggle-eyed way
It may conjure up visions of awe-struck 1950s cinema audiences decked out in white cardboard spectacles flinching from images looming out of the screen, but 3-D technology has been embraced in the...
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Plagiarists face clampdown
More cases of academic fraud come to light as institutions embrace zero-tolerance culture, reports Phil Baty Twenty-five UK academics have been found guilty of research misconduct in the past three...
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'I think there is leadership potential in us but not in our chromosomes'
Anne Sibbald has been appointed head of organisational development at Glasgow Caledonian University Anne Sibbald, who has become head of organisational development at Glasgow Caledonian University,...
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On the move...
* Randal Richards , director of research and innovation at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, has been appointed interim chief executive. * Author, dramatist, musician and nurse...
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Hire more from abroad, UK told
Asian rival in London is latest wake-up call for UK about harsh realities of globalisation, writes Tony Tysome More academic jobs in the UK should go to overseas candidates to ensure that British...
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Anger at Greek plan to back only top-rated
Greek students would be prevented from attending UK engineering departments that failed to secure high marks in the last research assessment exercise under plans drawn up in Athens that have...
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Brits popular but posh
International students consider the UK a close rival to the US as the best study destination in the world, the findings of a major new survey have revealed. The UK emerged top as the country of...
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Next week
Goodbye kipper ties As the University of the Air quits the small screen after three decades, OU academics recall big beards, inspired improvisation and a new era in learning PLUS Boom time for maths
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Terror law warning
A group of UK scholars in Islamic studies has warned that the Government's terrorism legislation risks fostering extremism by driving debate underground. Yasir Suleiman, professor of Arabic and...
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Private success
Private schools are still remarkably successful at getting their students into universities, according to a survey by the Independent Schools Council. The survey, the largest of its kind, found that...
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Business of creativity
The University of East Anglia has launched an MA course to help artists, writers and musicians turn their creativity into entrepreneurship. The one-year MA in creative entrepreneurship aims to give...
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£1 million labs open
Kent University opened £1 million teaching laboratories in its department of biosciences this week.