'There be wolves' - shock claim
Lord Mandelson's insistence that universities were merely "crying wolf" over the impact of the new funding cuts would appear to be contradicted by the recent experience of our Director of Finance, Mr...
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It's hardly the Dark Ages
Alan Ryan favours imagination over exaggeration when it comes to cutbacks
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From where I sit:That's the spirit
Twelve years ago, after failing in seven subjects at school, Han Han's father took him to the headmaster's office to complete the paperwork for dropouts. There he was asked by a sympathetic teacher...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence: Feeding of the nine billion needs science, not miracles
A collaborative strategy will prioritise research into how to feed an expanding population. Neha Popat reports
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Leader: Is survival all that matters?
The financial crisis will force universities to make difficult choices not just about how they operate but to what end
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Cambridge pressed to give unions recognition
UCU and Unite seek formal agreement that will end 'dotty' anachronism. John Morgan reports
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Odds and quads
This 1.5m long feathered rope was found in a Somerset attic in the late 1870s, alongside six brooms and an old chair.It was presented in The Folk-Lore Journal in 1887 as a "witches' ladder": the...
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Revisions aim to develop a wider view of the world
Pair trial overhaul of undergraduate curriculums' formulation and delivery. Hannah Fearn writes
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THE World University Rankings
Is it valid to use reputation measures in university rankings?
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Overseas briefing
United StatesMedics reject Baptist mergerMoves to strengthen links between a medical college and a Baptist university have led to protests over a potential clash between religion and science....
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Outrage as Lund's top cats take the grant cream
Swedish researchers furious after managers claim 70% of funding award. Melanie Newman reports
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Visit marks new chapter in Anglo-Indian relations
British and Indian universities are said to be ready to "collaborate like never before" following a visit to the UK by an Indian Cabinet minister and university heads.Kapil Sibal, India's Minister...
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Eternal explorer
For half a century, Ken Pounds has been part of Leicester's astronomy department - even in retirement, he's in every day
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Appointments
A professor of applied mathematics and solar physics at the University of Sheffield has been appointed director of the High Altitude Observatory and associate director of the National Centre for...