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  1. Lack of assured thinking

    In my view, it does not make sense to abandon a well-established system of periodic quality inspections by the Quality Assurance Agency (“Trust, or verify?”, Features, 30 July). As an international...

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  2. Bank of Monet and Dada

    Universities collect art for the same purposes as they do anything else – to accumulate wealth (“Art and soul”, Features, 30 July). They don’t care about art itself. They may pay lip service to it,...

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  3. Double trouble

    The supposed “doubling” of research quality in life sciences reflects both numerator and denominator (“REF triumph of life sciences ‘lacks credibility’”, News, 30 July). As judged by the fact that it...

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  4. Offa’s open mind on aid

    The Unite Foundation need not fear – the debate over the role of financial support in improving access and retention is still very much open as far as the Office for Fair Access is concerned (“...

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  5. Twisted tongue injuries

    Ruby Wax is reported to be “seeking to end the stigma surrounding mental health” (HE & me, 30 July). In a similar but more extreme linguistic vein, I have recently heard lay commentators express...

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  6. Working together

    I have some difficulty accepting the basic premise that collaborations between businesses and universities fail because academics don’t understand the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (“...

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  7. Positively international

    I was encouraged by Sir Keith Burnett’s defence of the importance of international students (“Why are international students so important to our universities?”, Blog, 17 July). Other countries have...

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  8. I, graduate

    There is an Isaac Asimov short story, Franchise, in which a single person with appropriate characteristics is selected by a computer to represent all the voters in the US, thus saving the trouble and...

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  9. So. Farewell then, Nigel...

    It must be a great relief at Swansea University’s School of Management that Nigel Piercy has resigned as dean (The week in higher education, 30 July). But the bigger question is why did the vice-...

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  10. It’s good to be nice

    Ellie Bothwell is right to draw attention to Alexander and Helen Astin’s intriguing study of the importance of developing niceness in higher education (“Niceness is the route to equality”, News, 30...

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  11. The Russell hustle

    You rightly take Michael Gove to task for being besotted by the Russell Group (The week in higher education, 23 July), but you fall into a similar trap in the same issue (“They would walk 500 miles...

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  12. Obituary: Masahiko Aoki, 1938-2015

    Masahiko Aoki, 1938-2015

    A scholar who pioneered the study of the economies of Japan and East Asia – and comparative organisational structures across the world – has died.

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  13. Margaret Hodge, Labour MP for Barking

    Q&A with Margaret Hodge

    We talk to the Labour MP for Barking and former chair of the Public Accounts Committee

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  15. Large formation of skydivers

    Everyone’s a winner in this digital space

    Director of knowledge exchange hub says that the arts and humanities can play a key role in bringing creative companies and academics together

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