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University of LiverpoolBirth of a collaborative movementA university is leading a scheme to improve maternal and new-born healthcare in Uganda. The University of Liverpool project, which has received...
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The English dis-ease
Thomas Docherty muses on the challenges of second-language acquisition
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Yoko Ono: TO THE LIGHT
An exhibition showcasing five decades of Yoko Ono’s work downplays her dark side in favour of more uplifting, regenerative themes, finds Helena Reckitt
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Royal Society wants datasets to be on a par with papers in REF
Accessible information could spark ‘second open science revolution’, report says. Paul Jump writes
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Leader: Provider, where is thy sting?
Private growth in the sector is a tender subject, but the reality is more complex than ideologues on both sides would have it
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From Where I Sit - Procrustean measures
The University of Sydney's "underperforming staff" redeployment fiasco, which has unravelled over the past six months, is the latest in a series of rationalisations and narrow-minded governance that...
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Off Piste - Heart and Seoul
Scholarly links introduced R.C. Richardson to the Republic of Korea. His sole regret, in an ensuing 30-year love affair with its land, culture and people, is that so few of his fellow Britons choose...
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The week in higher education
• From an Elsevier boycotter to one of the sector's most prominent female vice-chancellors, the Queen's Birthday Honours List, announced on 16 June, recognised a diverse array of higher education...
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Segregation: A Global History of Divided Cities
Urban centres across the world were built with racial separation in mind, Wendy Pullan discovers
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21 June 2012
High-brow humour - The campus novel: a comic brew with a sobering bite
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Odds and quads
These items - now owned by the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Greenwich - are all linked to the crazily ambitious French composer and conductor Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-60).
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Sweet or sour? Fans of Grayling's courses defend the menu
A discussion of the merits of private venture made for a spicy dish. David Matthews reports
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Open vistas create a 'living body' of work
A low-cost open-access journal aims to modernise the act of publication. Paul Jump reports