Utopian possibilities and obstacles (2 of 2)
Three cheers for Ronald Barnett's conception of the utopian university! It won't get very far, though, in today's down-to-earth, cynical, quantified, realistic, critically minded, academic arena -...
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To serve the public (1 or 2)
Jonathan Shepherd makes a number of strong points in his article calling for joined-up thinking in research for public services ("Appliance of social science", 3 January), but he also commits a...
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To serve the public (2 of 2)
Universities play a key role in providing many professional qualifications but Jonathan Shepherd rightly highlights the need for graduate "practitioner-scientists" doing real-world research in our...
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Widen the net, Oxbridge (1 of 2)
Miles Hewstone is right to agonise about whether Oxbridge selection mechanisms are error-free ("Selection mechanism", 3 January), but what about the students who never apply in the first place? If...
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Widen the net, Oxbridge (2 of 2)
A mathematical model to predict the future success of Oxbridge interviewees might somehow have to account not only for points scored by talking the right talk during interview but any irrational...
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Of little assurance
The idea that there is universal support in the sector for an insurance scheme to protect institutions from the fallout of UK Border Agency decisions is erroneous ("Insurance against UK Border raids...
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Croeso from the UKBA
Patrick McGhee ("Predictive text", 3 January) begins his imaginative forecast for 2013 with news of a new requirement from the UK Border Agency for student entry into the UK: demonstrating fluency in...
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UCU united
It was with interest that we read Fawzi Ibrahim's article "A house divided cannot stand" (20 December) on his perceptions of the state of the University and College Union.A healthy union contains...
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Odds and quads
A 17th-century priest's chasuble in hand-made gros point lace and a blue sample from a 20th-century design portfolio are among the objects, documents and artefacts, some 75,000 in number, held in the...
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Appointments
University of GreenwichDarrick JolliffeA specialist in the psychology of crime and the development of criminal behaviour who has joined the University of Greenwich said he liked the idea of being...
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Interview - Cara's long embrace of a saviour of Africa
Anti-apartheid campaigner Albie Sachs has twice received a lifeline, writes David Matthews
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Campus round-up
Bucks New UniversityNo regretsA student is inviting passers-by to think about what they would like to achieve before they die. Paola Brotto, who is studying for a master's in furniture design at...
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News in brief
United States'No basis' on which to sack staffA US university's administrators violated governance, academic freedom and tenure procedures when they abolished academic programmes, sacked staff and...
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News in brief
Scientific misconductImmunologist found guiltyA former researcher at the universities of Glasgow and Liverpool has been found guilty of serious scientific misconduct by his previous university in...
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