System failure
I recently spent the best part of a Sunday afternoon trying to help my daughter complete the student loan application for entry in September.The Student Loans Company website prompts students to use...
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Tolerance a two-way street
I cannot tell from Maleiha Malik's review of Martha Nussbaum's The New Religious Intolerance to what extent this may be true of the book, but the critique is deeply flawed ("Signposts to a brave new...
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Free time (1 of 2)
It is by no means only outside the academy that "Free-range thinkers" (3 May) plough their non-conventional furrows; and it is arguably essential for Foucauldian "fearless speech" to survive and...
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Free time (2 of 2)
So, according to the Universities Human Resources group, autonomy and academic freedom are past it ("Freedom a 'former value' in admin-led sector", News, 17 May). In the same issue, Tom Palaima...
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Tight club
I congratulate the academic who managed to wring £50 from the BBC for her work ("Auntie exploitation", Letters, 10 May). I recently volunteered to participate in a public event for BBC Learning, tied...
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Who cares out there?
Recently I attended a talk by Stefan Collini about What Are Universities For?, his new book. I expected the venue (a bookshop in central London) to be packed with students, lecturers, perhaps even...
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Ancient rivalry
Your remark about the greater influence of the University of Oxford compared with the University of Cambridge appears tongue in cheek, but it might be taken more seriously (The week in higher...
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Tweet clarity
I note that the issue of research impact is again of concern (eg, "Dismissal threat for metrics letter", 17 May). In particular, it seems there is an issue about communicating research insights...
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Appointments
King's College LondonPaul JoyceThe newly appointed Samuel Davidson chair of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible studies at King's College London has admitted he is excited to be taking up a position...
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Campus round-up
University of StrathclydePower cosmicSatellites could one day gather solar power and beam it back to Earth via microwaves or lasers to supply remote areas of the planet with electricity, researchers...
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The Horse: From Arabia to Royal Ascot
Art chronicles the myriad roles horses have played in our history, but it’s blinkered to see them just as a resource, says Elaine Walker
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Research Intelligence - The doctor will advise you now
PhDs and postdocs turn to social media to answer their pressing questions. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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From where I sit - Casual, not smart
Is academic work at university the same as working on the production line at, say, a pie factory?Cynics might say that yes, the two have become similar, especially at the pointy end of the semester...
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Off Piste - And he stoned me
The ebb and flow of time has served only to deepen Ray Dolan’s passion for Van Morrison’s restless musical journey into the mystic
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