Singularly annoying
Regarding "After 'fightback', Classics will no longer be all Greek to urban youth" (News, 5 July). It reminded me of my continual irritation at the neglect of the singular nouns "phenomenon" and "...
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Copy that (it's cheaper)
One of the books recently reviewed in Times Higher Education, Modern Women in China and Japan (12 July), was advertised as having 224 pages and a price of £56.As a work of scholarship, the book may...
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You've said enough
Charles Husband asks why so many academics are incapable of keeping to their allotted time at conferences ("Discourse and discourtesy", 12 July). What? Does he mean us? Then again, I note that...
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Appointments
Kingston UniversityBarbara PierscionekExperts from different subject fields and universities should work together more closely to secure research grants, believes the new associate dean of research...
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Campus round-up
University of East AngliaJust for lavaAn academic and a comedian teamed up to demonstrate the power of volcanoes for a live BBC Two series. Jenni Barclay, reader in environmental sciences at the...
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The Dark Knight Rises
Batman’s true superpower is to reflect the dark side of human nature. Will Brooker asks if he’s really the protector we deserve
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Research Intelligence - Higgsteria: it's only the beginning
New 'big physics' projects will need global funding and public support. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Leader: Retain our critical faculties
In dark days, the academy must dare to look beyond arguments for economic impact and restate the case for its intrinsic value
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From Where I Sit - The English are coming
Until recently, English students were something of a rarity at German universities. Indeed, one German administrator commented that "a few years ago, you were more likely to meet a Mongolian student...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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19 July 2012
Win-win - With eyes on the prize, campuses welcome Olympians
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Economy of expression
Christopher Bigsby is as qualified as any chancellor - and less harmful
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The week in higher education
• When Karl Marx outlined his theory of class conflict, he missed one key contributing factor: the use of contextual data in university admissions. "Social engineering 'could lead to class war'",...
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Odds and quads
These images are just a few of the hundreds held by the University of Manchester vice-chancellor's office charting changing life at the institution.