Leader: New hope for old school
One swallow doesn't make a summer, but the appointment of Rick Trainor as principal of King's College London is an encouraging sign for the unity of a sector that has been moving relentlessly in the...
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Will savage pruning fell the tree of knowledge?
Anna Fazackerley reports on fears about Labour's plans for research, while Simon Francis recalls the nightmare of trying to fund his PhD study. Top-up fees may be dominating debate in Parliament, but...
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Pick topic, seek grant, take job as cleaner...
Anna Fazackerley reports on fears about Labour's plans for research, while Simon Francis recalls the nightmare of trying to fund his PhD study My fondest memory is of the first flash of inspiration...
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Laureate of alllife's delays, traffic etiquette and tong use
The winner of the THES -sponsored Ig Nobel literature prize has spent a career trying to prove no (attaché) case is too trivial to merit an 'informal look', says Marc Abrahams. John W. Trinkaus has...
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It's a matter of life - not sex
Homosexuality in the Anglican Church is a big issue, but the increasingly rancorous debate over it risks making religion the preserve of fundamentalists and obscuring Christian wisdom on the...
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He spoke the truth to power
Edward Said, who died recently, lived as a true intellectual, says John Higgins. He applied critical rigour not just to writing but also to the world, denouncing corruption, defending the weak and...
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Will savage pruning fell the tree of knowledge?
Anna Fazackerley reports on fears about Labour's plans for research, while Simon Francis recalls the nightmare of trying to fund his PhD study. Top-up fees may be dominating debate in Parliament, but...
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Pick topic, seek grant, take job as cleaner...
Anna Fazackerley reports on fears about Labour's plans for research, while Simon Francis recalls the nightmare of trying to fund his PhD study My fondest memory is of the first flash of inspiration...
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Laureate of alllife's delays, traffic etiquette and tong use
The winner of the THES -sponsored Ig Nobel literature prize has spent a career trying to prove no (attaché) case is too trivial to merit an 'informal look', says Marc Abrahams. John W. Trinkaus has...
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It's a matter of life - not sex
Homosexuality in the Anglican Church is a big issue, but the increasingly rancorous debate over it risks making religion the preserve of fundamentalists and obscuring Christian wisdom on the...
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He spoke the truth to power
Edward Said, who died recently, lived as a true intellectual, says John Higgins. He applied critical rigour not just to writing but also to the world, denouncing corruption, defending the weak and...
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Few gain from student ghettos 1
Most universities justify their effect on host communities by mentioning the benefits to the local economy (Town and Gown series, THES , August 1-September 12). Loughborough University even has a...
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Few gain from student ghettos 2
Columnist Gary Day complains about the imperialism of Russell Group universities (Opinion, THES , October 3) but then shows his own imperialist credentials by referring to all 19 as "being English"....
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Pay drama and crisis 1
What a pity The THES made a drama of a ten-week-old pay-negotiations meeting rather than the hard news that the Transport and General Workers' Union, with 69 per cent in favour of the pay and...
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Pay drama and crisis 2
So "a senior source for the employers" blames Association of University Teachers' negotiators for failing to talk through the night to reach a settlement. Well, the deal offered bears all the...