The Trouble with Higher Education: A Critical Examination of our Universities
John Coyne on an all-too-familiar campus lament: managers are bad and academics know best
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ARTS AND DESIGNDuchamp and the Aesthetics of Chance: Art as ExperimentBy Herbert Molderings, professor of art history, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; translated by John Brogden. Columbia University...
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Overseas policy must be more than a fig leaf
I applaud Andy Masheter's sentiments and endorse his warning ("Reckless exploitation of the overseas market will only end in tears", 24 June). I managed the first British Council recruitment missions...
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How thoughtless
The government's decision to cut the Chevening scholarships' budget is doubly disappointing, coming as it does in the wake of the previous administration's move to retrench the number of Commonwealth...
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Category and other errors
The headline "'Serious defects' apparent in 'crude' European rankings project" and its associated news story suggest that your staff had not read the paper at the heart of the story (News, 24 June)....
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This is not America
While the sentiment behind requiring vice-chancellors to bring in philanthropic income equal to three times their salaries every year is laudable, that is the only thing that is ("Heads must show...
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Impact 'support' is shaky
David Sweeney of the Higher Education Funding Council for England has a "positive" story to tell about how pilot studies and meetings have converted the academic community to the idea of measuring "...
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Alternatives to the market
We would like to add our support to Richard Evans' plea to the University of Sussex to rethink its policy for the department of history ("Sussex cuts threaten a proud history of research-led...
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Sense of satisfaction
I would be interested to see the evidence to suggest that there has been no improvement in the student experience for undergraduates over the past decade (Letters, 1 July). Underfunded expansion of...
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Farewell, 'fat cat republic'
Thank you for saving me £17 or so a month. While I've been angry for years about the University and College Union's listlessness in campaigning for greater security for fixed-term contract...
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Anthony Quinton, 1925-2010
A leading philosopher and public servant who achieved wider public recognition as a quiz-show host has died.Anthony Quinton, Lord Quinton of Holywell, was born in London on 25 March 1925 and educated...
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Let's measure everything!
"Another major breakthrough going forward." That was the enthusiastic reaction of Jamie Targett, our Director of Corporate Affairs, to the declaration from David Sweeney, director of research,...
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From where I sit: Repulsion and attraction
Australian universities are worried that bad publicity is putting off international students. Such students are lucrative business and one of the reasons they flocked to Australia in the past was...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewersHester Vaizey is postdoctoral researcher with a Hanseatic scholarship courtesy of the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung in Hamburg. She is reading Hans...
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Off Piste - The Doctor will save you now
Gallifrey's most famous son offers enjoyment to millions, his intelligent and compassionate approach to crises is a welcome relief in a violent, cynical world. David Sheff takes a trip on board the...