The state is all ears
Woody Caan's letter "Peer (and MP) review" (21 June) talks about the need for scientists to come forward who are willing to travel to Westminster and give Parliament the benefit of their expertise....
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All talk, not enough action
Nick Petford makes many excellent points in his discussion of "innovation" ("Greater value than money", Opinion, 28 June). I appreciate his view that in essence, "innovation is new thinking that...
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Chance now slim
I agree with John Sutherland about physical visits to the archives, visits I have made over the decades - although being a labour historian, not in such romantic venues ("Raiders of the lost archives...
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Quote for quote
Geoffrey Alderman's reluctance to give his services for free to a "private for-profit company" ("Shake the moneymakers", Letters, 28 June) seems at odds with his obvious willingness to contribute (...
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Two-tier intentions
Regarding "Quiet revolutionaries target fresh territory" (News, 21 June): the article states that some respondents see the emergence of a two-tier university system "as an 'unintended and damaging'...
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Appointments
Robert Gordon UniversityStephen VertigansRobert Gordon University has appointed Stephen Vertigans head of the School of Applied Social Studies. Professor Vertigans took up the role full time last...
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Campus round-up
Uclan/Manchester MetropolitanUdderly uniqueArchaeology students have excavated an example of a woman buried with a cow. The students from the University of Central Lancashire and Manchester...
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Lion rampant, sleeping dragon
On most indices, a comparison of the Welsh and Scottish academies shows that the latter holds the aces. As the Saltire soars, will mergers allow Wales to cope with the shock waves generated by...
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David Bailey's East End
From the swinging Sixties of Shrimpton and the Krays to the 2012 Games, David Bailey’s eye captures ever-mutable London
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Research Intelligence - Hub 'buzz' promises impact legacy
The AHRC's knowledge-transfer quartet wants to highlight impact of research. Paul Jump reports
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Leader: Agents of potential misfortune
With immigration and university standards hot issues, any impropriety involving recruiters abroad could tar the sector
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From Where I Sit - Remembrance of medicine past
Imagine this: a miniature orchestra made of mice skeletons playing a "rhapsody in death". Tiny claws hold minute instruments in front of minuscule music stands, while a petite conductor waves an...
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The week in higher education
• The roll call of intellectual heavyweights pronouncing on the future of higher education from Robbins to Dearing now boasts a new name: Titchmarsh. In a 30 June interview with The Daily Telegraph,...