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  1. From Where I Sit - More to Moocs than moolah

    I spent some of the past semester trying to be an active learner on a Coursera massive open online course (Mooc) on modern poetry from the University of Pennsylvania. It was an impressive, well-...

    #From Where I Sit
    #Opinion

  2. Major breakthrough in science of atoms - latest

    One of our leading theoretical physicists, Dr T.P. Burlap, has come up with a radical idea for utilising the new “miracle material” graphene.In a paper published in the latest edition of The British...

    #Laurie

  3. Another world's words

    Is the use of corporate jargon a surprise, asks Keir Thorpe, when university managers are made to feel so insecure?

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  4. Slow ethics will tackle moral winter

    We need to calm our frenetic lives and let virtues such as integrity, patience and respectfulness prevail, reflects Ann Gallagher

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  6. 10 January 2013

    Multilayered intellect - What extra insight does a scholar gain from a varied career path?

  7. Grant winners

    NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment ProgrammeAward winner: Joseph DiasInstitution: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS TrustValue: £2,284,684Scaphoid waist internal...

    #Research intelligence

  8. Arthur Collis, 1916-2012

    A distinguished academic authority on social work has died.Arthur Collis was born in Leyton, East London, on 13 November 1916, and won a scholarship to the local county high school. He began his...

    #People

  9. Utopian possibilities and obstacles (1 of 2)

    Notwithstanding my huge respect for Ronald Barnett, I would like to take issue with his characterisation of what he calls "the public-good theorists" ("Head in the clouds, feet on the ground", 3...

    #Letters

  10. 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 -...

    #Letters

  11. 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...

    #Letters

  12. 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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  13. 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...

    #Letters

  14. 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...

    #Letters

  15. 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...

    #Letters