THE Scholarly Web - 21 March 2013
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Appointments - 21 March 2013
Macquarie UniversitySakkie PretoriusSakkie Pretorius, who has been named deputy vice-chancellor for research at Macquarie University, said it was an honour to “step into the boots” of his predecessor...
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Dawn Clark Netsch, 1926-2013
A law professor notable for breaking through glass ceilings has died.Dawn Clark Netsch was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on 16 September 1926, and took a first degree at Northwestern University before...
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Win-win when sport and scholarship mix
I listened with interest to last week’s Times Higher Education podcast on the subject of universities providing more opportunities to talented sportspeople. As I am the recently appointed director of...
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No room on this cushion
I am writing in response to your recent article suggesting that universities could suffer in the next spending round (“Hungry Treasury eyes universities ‘awash with cash’”, News, 7 March).As at 31...
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Infinite regression
Yes, Fred Inglis’ poignant lament, rehearsing the lost moral and social solidarities of yesteryear, needed to be said (“The retention of tradition”, 14 March). Anyone who lived through those years -...
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Soft-touch regulation
Your news article, “UK union fans flames as Phoenix feels heat of probation threat” (14 March), reports the difficulties that Apollo Group, owner of BPP University College, is experiencing with US...
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Highly political economy
Prime Minister David Cameron’s robust defence of the inclusion of international students in the Office for National Statistics’ net migration data is highly indicative of the government’s need to...
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Terms of achievement
The 30 per cent advantage in terms of chances of entry to Oxbridge that an October birthdate confers over and above a July one is more to do with the timing of the school year than whether you are a...
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Motivational motive
If Graham Gibbs is right that class contact hours are less important than independent study hours (“Watched clocks and scholarly toil”, Teaching intelligence, 14 March), then higher education...
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Driven potty
I have just searched the Google Play Store for a THE app and the top suggestion was Potty Time (which includes eight new ways to celebrate your child’s potty training successes).I’m still teasing out...
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Protesters versus the strong arm of the law
Justice has been poorly served by the bloody-minded determination of the state to prosecute anti-fees demonstrators, argues Martin McQuillan
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Sussex students plan national demonstration
Campaigners at the University of Sussex plan to host a national demonstration against privatisation in higher education.
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University Campus Suffolk sets sail for independence
University Campus Suffolk is to begin the process of gaining its own degree-awarding powers, its board has confirmed.
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Government changes course on for-profit VAT
George Osborne’s budget has revealed that the government appears to be scrapping plans to grant VAT exemption to for-profit higher education providers, a move that was aimed at exposing universities...