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On 23 January, a meeting of the Atheism, Secularism and Humanism Society at Queen Mary, University of London called to discuss "Sharia law and human rights" was disrupted before the invited speaker,...
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Prejudicial enquiries
You say that the Academic Reputation Survey is based on the "considered, expert judgement of senior, published academics" ("Informed opinion at the heart of the matter", Times Higher Education World...
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No mandate for change
In The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy (1991), Albert O. Hirschman warns that a typical trope from the camp of reaction is that an action will produce, via a trail of unintended...
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Analysis of poverty is poor (1 of 2)
Your lead book review does no favours to those wary of the forthcoming research excellence framework ("A wealth of detail on a conundrum", 15 March). Howard Davies knows a bit about failure from his...
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John House, 1945-2012
John House was a passionate scholar, curator and art historian known for his boyish enthusiasm. His expertise in and keenness for 19th-century French painting were matched only by his enthusiasm as a...
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Appointments
University Campus SuffolkBill TancredA former athlete who represented Great Britain in the discus at two Olympic Games has been appointed director of sport and visiting professor of sports leadership...
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Campus round-up
Manchester/Manchester School of ArchitectureLost undergroundExcavations for a long-forgotten underground railway in Manchester have been rediscovered. Martin Dodge, senior lecturer in human geography...
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The Body Adorned: Dressing London
Are the curiosities of dress of various native peoples really so different from those of today’s London ‘tribes’, asks Matt Lodder
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Research Intelligence - Vim up North leaves the rest trailing
N8 is the poster group for research collaboration and academic links with industry, writes Paul Jump
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Impact refreshes parts sector ought to reach
Requiring academics to justify the importance of their research via “some kind of slogan that somebody in a pub is going to be able to repeat” is “much more healthy than the Stefan Collini line that...
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U-Multirank may be a waste of taxpayers’ money
It was conceived by the European Commission as an alternative to the established research-led university rankings, offering a user-driven “multi-dimensional” ranking with a wider range of indicators....
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Peers call for U-Multirank U-turn after failing to discern its value
House of Lords report advises Europe to ‘prioritise other activities’. Jack Grove writes
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From where I sit - Journalistic prejudice
Heard the one about the academic pondering obscure points of theory in his ivory tower while real people get on with real work in the real world? How about the saying: "Those who can, do; those who...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education
• A British student has been "sold down the river" by the government, his mother has said, after his extradition to the US was approved by Theresa May, the home secretary. Richard O'Dwyer faces up to...