Practical inspiration (1 of 2)
Your article "The richly creative will repay support, says CIHE head" (News, 20 September) rightly stresses the need for interdisciplinary research and links between the arts and engineering. I spent...
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Practical inspiration (2 of 2)
Chris Ormell's "Ends and meanings" (Letters, 20 September) on Martin Willis' "Curiosity knows no bounds" (Features, 13 September) proposes science as an activity that tries to uncover the causes of...
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Full disclosure
If more undergraduate applicants are to feel confident that they will get value for money ("No one is escaping the mire", Leader, 20 September), universities should provide more detailed information...
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More scrutiny at the margin is a must
"Coalition failed to heed Ucas' AAB warnings" (News, 20 September) does not address the most serious issue arising from the government policies introduced for 2012-13 entry. It was always recognised...
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Men against boys
Sociologist Robert K. Merton's "Matthew effect" (ie, "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer") leads us to expect top academics to set up a system of evaluation that cements their position. So...
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Success at any cost? There may be a high price to pay
Allegations of cheating at Harvard might point to a deeper malaise, finds Jon Marcus
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Campus round-up
Royal Holloway, University of LondonGold-letter day for alma materA postbox on a university campus has been painted gold to honour a graduate's success at the London Paralympics. Sophie Christiansen...
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Appointments
Monash/University of WarwickAndrew CoatsThe new academic alliance between Monash University and the University of Warwick has appointed Andrew Coats to the inaugural positions of academic vice-...
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Research intelligence - Panning for gold dust in midstream
Measure impact while research is under way, urge Jisc-funded studies. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Off Piste - Is it really so strange?
A young Nick Hillman chose Manchester less for the university’s eminent historians than for the city’s glorious music scene - and despite the latter’s loathing for his Conservative heroine
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Leader: Things can only get worse
Budget forecasts suggest that higher education is still at risk from a government needing to find further savings
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From Where I Sit - Personal married to the political
Political scientists are often sniffy about the role of the individual in politics and policymaking. But time and again, in studying what happens behind the scenes in European higher education...
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Red alert
Is the new student loans system an affordable, progressive system of graduate contributions - or a dodgy move to get debt off the books that could bring grave fiscal consequences? John Morgan sifts...