From Where I Sit - Procrustean measures
The University of Sydney's "underperforming staff" redeployment fiasco, which has unravelled over the past six months, is the latest in a series of rationalisations and narrow-minded governance that...
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Off Piste - Heart and Seoul
Scholarly links introduced R.C. Richardson to the Republic of Korea. His sole regret, in an ensuing 30-year love affair with its land, culture and people, is that so few of his fellow Britons choose...
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The week in higher education
• From an Elsevier boycotter to one of the sector's most prominent female vice-chancellors, the Queen's Birthday Honours List, announced on 16 June, recognised a diverse array of higher education...
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Segregation: A Global History of Divided Cities
Urban centres across the world were built with racial separation in mind, Wendy Pullan discovers
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21 June 2012
High-brow humour - The campus novel: a comic brew with a sobering bite
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Odds and quads
These items - now owned by the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Greenwich - are all linked to the crazily ambitious French composer and conductor Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-60).
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Sweet or sour? Fans of Grayling's courses defend the menu
A discussion of the merits of private venture made for a spicy dish. David Matthews reports
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Open vistas create a 'living body' of work
A low-cost open-access journal aims to modernise the act of publication. Paul Jump reports
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Farce majeure
The campus novel is a proud tributary of the comic flow of English letters. From Amis to Bradbury and from the page to the TV screen, the academy has proved to be a superior source for humour - but...
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Suu Kyi collects doctorate at belated Oxford homecoming
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford during a ceremony at the institution’s Sheldonian Theatre.
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Exam watchdog publishes proposals on A-level oversight
A-level courses could require a stamp of approval by learned societies or “a subgroup of universities” under plans put forward by the exam regulator Ofqual.
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Welsh plan to boost employability launched
The Welsh government has drafted a 63-point plan to bolster the employability of the country’s university graduates.
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Push for gold will cost millions, open-access report says
A transition to full open-access publishing will cost UK higher education an extra £50 million or £60 million a year, according to a long-awaited report on how the country should make the change.