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  2. Appointments - 8 August 2013

    University of MelbourneKaren Day“All Australians abroad speak of ‘going home’: this is how it feels to me,” said Karen Day, who has been appointed dean of science at the University of Melbourne, her...

    #Appointments
    #People

  3. David Solomon, 1923-2013

    “A legendary figure at UCLA” who proved a pioneer in geriatric medicine has died

    #Obituary
    #People

  4. Trouble next door

    Owing to a common language and geographical proximity, but also because of low tuition fees and comparatively low entrance requirements, Austria’s universities are extremely popular with German...

    #From Where I Sit
    #Opinion
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  5. Grant winners - 8 August 2013

    Economic and Social Research CouncilTransformative Research Call: ‘Transforming’ Social ScienceMaximum limit of £250,000; will run for 18 months.Award winner: Laura CramInstitution: University of...

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    #Research intelligence

  7. Sporting fanatics

    US universities feel the white-line fever

    #Christopher Bigsby
    #Columnists
    #Opinion

  8. Lucky for some

    So, life has been good to those studying the humanities at the University of Oxford between 1960 and 1989, a survey shows (“Quids pro quo: see, the humanities pay”, News, 11 July). Now there’s a...

    #Letters

  9. Song remains the same

    It was useful to know that “language learners who sing phrases in a foreign tongue can recall them better than those who simply speak them” (“Lyrical linguists”, Campus round-up, 1 August). The only...

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  10. Criminalising protest

    I take issue with a number of the points made by Geraldine Van Bueren in “Making waves” (Opinion, 11 July).It is inaccurate to say that Trenton Oldfield, the Boat Race protester, did not act...

    #Letters

  11. Model response

    Warren Bebbington gives a refreshing account of delivering engaging and relevant undergraduate education in an environment of static resources and rising student numbers (“Enlightened response to the...

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  12. Stop digging

    I am grateful to Times Higher Education for raising the issues I have with the University of Leicester (“Historian gets the hump over Richard III remains”, News, 1 August). However, I was surprised...

    #Letters

  13. Unexpected value

    Your report on assigning a monetary value to blue-skies research is cause for both celebration and concern (“Priceless, but still worth pricing”, News, 11 July): celebration because of the increasing...

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  14. Guiding the clever to wisdom’s shores

    I was fascinated by the quote from Tony Blair in 1999 promoting 50 per cent entry in UK higher education: “In today’s world there is no such thing as too clever. The more you know, the further you...

    #Letters

  15. Foxfire’s sisters in arms

    Laurent Cantet’s gritty group portrait of a 1950s girl gang of teenage avengers

    #Culture
    #Film
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