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  1. Time limit is the limit 2

    Questions over the future of part-time PhDs reveal an irresistible pull to return higher education to its elitist past under the guise of issues of quality assurance. Technology affords the means to...

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  2. Bard medicine 1

    Kate McLuskie makes clear her disagreement with Tom McAlindon's gloomy assessment of the current state of Shakespeare studies, something that he attributed to the dominance of politicised modes of...

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  3. Bard medicine 2

    In answer to Tom McAlindon's complaint that, as regards Shakespeare studies, there has been "a marked decline in standards of analysis, interpretation and argument", Kate McLuskie, the newly...

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  4. Give Wales its due

    We all enjoy good news stories, and last week you covered two stories with clear similarities; both concerned university announcements of particularly large new multidisciplinary research institutes...

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  5. Risky business

    As an actuary, I take some interest in pensions. According to its annual report for the year ended March 31, 2004, the Universities Superannuation Scheme had more than 80 per cent of its funds...

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  6. No last laugh

    I think it is about time that somebody told The Times Higher that the column written by Laurie Taylor that appears every week on the back page is not funny and has not been funny for quite a number...

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  7. Not grumpy but full of gumption 1

    For Jim Mills and his circle of thirtysomething friends, UK universities appear to be populated by middle-aged "nay-sayers and gloom merchants" on the one hand and young and optimistic eager beavers...

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  8. Not grumpy but full of gumption 2

    Optimism is like chocolate: it is very pleasant but in large quantities can cause indigestion. Jim Mills tells us that young, successful academics in their early careers are quintessentially...

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  9. Not grumpy but full of gumption 3

    It won't do. We columnists are supposed to get a go each in sequence and in our proper place in The Times Higher . And now you've let Gary Day adopt the pseudonym of "Jim Mills" and write yet another...

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  10. Liberal censorship?

    I was delighted to see that my letter about Meg Barker had got the Left-liberal thought police snapping at my heels (Letters, January 14). I would like to make two points in response. The first...

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  11. Still under social sail

    In case my colleagues in the social policy community think I've jumped ship, may I reassure them that I am still professor of social policy (not public policy as stated in My Revolting Past, January...

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  12. Back a brand and earn as you learn

    Undergraduates can grab a share of a £10 billion market by exploiting their student status, reports Harriet Swain. Every month, 18-year-old Andrea receives £70 for a couple of hours, work. Last...

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  13. Under the skin of the woman in black

    During her lifetime, Susan Sontag was feted and disparaged in equal measure but, writes Angela McRobbie, she always remained true to herself. How strange it is that, for one to whom the word feminism...

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  14. The Right must get radical and go back to 'small-c' roots

    The Tories can win over academics who feel that Labour is dabbling in social engineering if they are willing to learn a thing or two from their sceptical forebears, says Kieron O'Hara. Let me begin...

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  15. The door is always open for friends in the North

    Scots and Canadians share more than egalitarian ideals. They both have challenging neighbours, says Olga Wojtas. Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau memorably described his country's...

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