Wholly effective
The letters by Robin Parker and by Sally Hunt ("Fear of failure?", 16 February) on the Review of Higher Education Governance in Scotland, chaired by Ferdinand von Prondzynski, point to the need for a...
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A levels are A-OK
In response to the article "Do not throw that IB pearl away, richer than the impoverished A level" (9 February), I say, look to the extended project, vice-chancellors, not the IB: there you will find...
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Polyglots go free
While I wholeheartedly agree with Tony Chafer's views on the decline of language degrees ("Mind our languages", 16 February), he has missed one relevant fact: students who go abroad on the Erasmus...
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Unnatural disaster
Malcolm Gillies, the vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University, reports a "tsunami of late applications" as the reason why London Met is facing a fine of up to £6 million from the Higher...
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Ring out the old
"Policemen look so young these days"; thus said my ancient mother. Now it is editors ("Times Higher Education announces new editor", 16 February). Surely you have not stooped to Photoshopping, like...
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Film review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Will Brooker is seduced by a romcom with a starry cast of actors of a certain age who give powerful, sexy performances
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TV review: The Mrs Bradley Mysteries: The Rising of the Moon
Adela Bradley, a glamorous, more saucy version of Miss Marple, is brought vividly to life, says Gary Day
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Don Varley, 1924-2012
For more than 40 years, Don Varley was a key member of the academic and student community at the University of Nottingham, as a senior lecturer, vice-dean of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences,...
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Cap and gown learning on a shoestring budget
With novel credentials being developed and employers seeing the value of low-cost study based on open courseware, Jon Marcus asks if the bricks-and-mortar elite will end up on the wrong side of...
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Appointments
University of BathDavid MillerA newly appointed professor of sociology at the University of Bath aims to analyse the impact of terrorism studies as part of his new role. David Miller, previously...
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Campus round-up
Queen Mary, University of LondonRising in the EastA £36 million graduate centre is to be built after being given the go-ahead by planners. Set to open in 2015, the centre at Queen Mary, University of...
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Research Intelligence - Collaboration is an essential procedure
Researchers, industry and NHS must deliver results, Academy of Medical Sciences' head tells Paul Jump
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REF's effort to make knowledge visible may have cloudy results
Impact assessments will shape behaviours - but not necessarily in desired directions, argue Katherine Smith and Nasar Meer
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From where I sit - P.S. Ich liebe dich
The German media have found themselves irresistibly attracted to a student who wants to turn flirting into a subject for academic analysis by introducing his own seminar on "live flirting training"...
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