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News in brief - 23 May 2013
Efficiency savingsIn praise of super scrimpersUniversities saved £1.38 billion between 2005 and 2011 by sharing high-value resources and using innovative technologies, a report has found. Examples of...
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The QAA is hitting the right notes
Your leader of 16 May (“Nul points for agency standard”) may have got it right in relation to the UK’s dismal Eurovision performance, but it is wide of the mark concerning the Quality Assurance...
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Fulfilling work
The article “Disinfectant, disdain and disrespect” (16 May) paints a very narrow and negative picture of student employment at universities.At Birmingham City University, we have in the past year...
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Respect union democracy
The article “UCU Left’s call to go for growth decried as ‘gamble’ by opponents” (16 May) is correct to say that it will be delegates at the University and College Union’s congress who will determine...
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23 May 2013
Historical perspective - Brian Sewell on the edifying effect of studying art’s past masters.
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Prepare to repel boarders
How Holyrood could deter English students in search of free tuition
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The week in higher education
Just as relations between open-access advocates and their bête noire, the publisher Elsevier, were starting to thaw ever so slightly, a PR disaster for the company threatens to plunge it back into...
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Leader - Prescription for disaster?
Moving health research and education funding to the Department of Health may mean higher education loses its voice
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Clinical risk
Treatment to avoid cuts would do more harm than good, critics say. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Busted flush? Research shows worsening odds on university study ‘gamble’
The economic advantage of having a degree has dropped by nearly 30 per cent during the past two decades, but paradoxically more and more jobs now require higher education, according to research....
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News in brief
Efficiency savingsIn praise of super scrimpersUniversities saved £1.38 billion between 2005 and 2011 by sharing high-value resources and using innovative technologies, a report has found. Examples of...
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Lu Xun’s Revolution: Writing in a Time of Violence by Gloria Davies
In the period covered by this work, roughly 19 to 1936, the word “revolution” was used in China by both Nationalists and Communists with great frequency: as proper nouns (the former’s National...
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What’s Wrong with Climate Politics and How to Fix It by Paul G. Harris
According to the Bo Diddley song, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” With this one, though, you probably can. The cover image - besuited men with their heads literally buried in the sand -...
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Laurie Taylor
Over my dead body!“I’ll murder you!” she screamed, stabbing at his heart with the blackboard pointer. “How dare you interfere with my 59!”This is just one of the many disturbing incidents described...