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Source: Society of Authors © Estate of Virginia WoolfThis is one of eight engagement diaries, recently purchased at Sotheby’s by the University of Sussex, in which Virginia Woolf recorded social...
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It ain't me, although the protagonist is a creative writing lecturer like me
Nicholas Royle’s latest book is framed by his experience as an academic, he tells Matthew Reisz
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News in brief
United StatesTaster course credit incentivesSeveral public universities in the US are to offer a free introductory online course to anyone in the world in the hope that those who pass will go on to...
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'Lax' medical courses draw threat of legal action
French concerned by lack of entrance requirements at private institution. Clea Caulcutt reports
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Rights protection proposed for digital learners
A group of academics in North America have drafted a “bill of rights” for online students over fears that their interests are being undermined by developments in digital education.The “Bill of Rights...
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From Where I Sit - In the city, but not part of it
In December, 15-year-old Zhan Haite became a focus of national attention in China.The girl, who said that her idols are Aung San Suu Kyi (the Burmese pro- democracy leader) and Martin Luther King,...
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Grant winners
Leverhulme TrustSciencesAward winner: Iain OswaldInstitution: University of StrathclydeValue: £159,982Pressure-induced synthesis of doped polymers - a greener route to functional polymersAward winner...
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Appointments - 31 January 2013
Cape Breton UniversityDavid WheelerThe new president of Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia has expressed his “gratitude” to the university for giving him the role, adding that he was also looking...
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Murder in the Library: An A-Z of Crime Fiction
Mary Evans uncovers clues as to why crime fiction appeals to so many but is disregarded by critics of the literary world
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The week in higher education
One of the UK’s most vocal vice-chancellors has stepped down suddenly because of ill health, it was announced last week. Patrick McGhee, vice- chancellor of the University of East London and chair of...
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Warwick's foreign staff may now see London without telling 'Big Brother'
A university has dropped “intrusive” plans to monitor the location of foreign staff via an email system after it was denounced by unions as “Big Brother” surveillance.About 100 academics at the...
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Unlikely threat to world peace
Uclan’s Cyprus outpost of ‘particular concern’ to UN secretary general. John Morgan reports
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Kaleidoscope of student life manifests itself in NUS race
Diverse candidates contest top spot in union leadership elections. Jack Grove reports
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The unfair sex: men 'are behind most research misconduct'
Male scholars more likely to succumb to temptation as pressure to publish increases. Paul Jump writes
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If you leave us we will both regret it
Commissioner warns of heavy R&D cost should UK quit the European Union. Elizabeth Gibney reports