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  1. Campus round-up - 24 October 2013

    Source: Nature Picture LibraryPachyderms get straight to the pointElephants are the only animals that understand human pointing without needing any training, a study has found. Researchers from the...

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  4. News in brief - 24 October 2013

    United StatesRethink the Master PlanA Californian state government agency has urged its university leaders to create a new higher education agenda, saying that the existing plan is outdated. In a...

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  5. Grant winners - 24 October 2013

    Leverhulme TrustEarly Career FellowshipsThese offer salary costs for researchers at the beginning of their academic careers, providing them with the opportunity for advancement and enabling them to...

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  6. Proof of purchase

    Many colleges and universities offer students the facility to submit their work for an authenticity report based on matches with internet and published sources as recorded in the Turnitin database (“...

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  7. Broad-based equality

    We were interested to read “Athena SWAN is poised to achieve liftoff” (News, 10 October) and “Dawning diversification” (Letters, 17 October).We would like to respond to the incorrect statements made...

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  8. Personal is political

    The Pearson Think Tank recommends the abolition of Ucas personal statements on the grounds that not everybody makes a good job of them (“Statements of disapproval”, News, 10 October).Where does one...

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  9. Working time directive

    Edward Acton (“You get out what you put in”, 17 October) argues that UK undergraduates should spend more time on their studies, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. I couldn’t agree...

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  10. Differences of opinion

    John Colley advocates publishing the results of student questionnaires and compares them to patient survival rates (“It’s got to be good”, Opinion, 10 October). He seems to think that the former are...

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  11. Spoilage signified

    Your excellent feature “Evolution of evaluation” (17 October) did not discuss the importance of the name change from the research assessment exercise to the research excellence framework. This...

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  12. Intellectual fruit of neoliberal seedbed

    In bemoaning the decline in higher education research since the publication of the Robbins report, Gareth Williams diplomatically sidesteps an assumption that Lord Robbins made that neither he nor...

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  13. News in brief - 24 October 2013

    Hefce appointmentsIn the student cornerThe Higher Education Funding Council for England has appointed a board member with specific responsibility for the student interest. Graeme Osborn is a former...

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