Six degrees of acquisition
Is the academy aware that by logging on to eBay, one can purchase an embossed degree certificate with seal, in any subject or classification, from a range of academic institutions? The "seller" also...
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Tragedy and farce
Articles in THE are often enlivened by uncredited stills from old films. However, many readers will have identified Admiral D'Ascoyne (Alec Guinness) dutifully going down with his ship as an...
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Just a little crush
You report that the New College of the Humanities will offer "a one-on-one tutorial system" ("State schools fare poorly in inaugural class, but calibre delights Grayling", 26 April). Will the tutors...
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Full-court press hits athletics as students count the costs
Universities are beginning to find the price of sporting glory too high to bear, writes Jon Marcus
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Appointments
Royal Holloway, University of LondonPhilip SteinbergAn expert in Arctic geopolitics will this month swap the Sunshine State of Florida for the Home Counties and a prestigious fellowship. Philip...
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Campus round-up
Middlesex UniversityTwo grand outcomesA UK university project to tackle unemployment in the South African city of Port Elizabeth is celebrating its 2,000th participant to secure work or further...
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Bauhaus: Art as Life
The Bauhaus school is getting a retrospective in London, after a gap of more than 40 years. Alexander Massouras writes
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Research intelligence - Hands off the funding sacred cow?
As the next spending review looms, opinion is split on keeping the current set-up. Paul Jump reports
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Leader: All for one, or none for all?
An every-university-for-itself stance in the face of more austerity could leave higher education worse off as a sector
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From where I sit - Mission creep tarnishes MBA
The MBA landscape in Germany has always been somewhat troubled. For a start, the degree was actually prohibited until 1990, and since then, the road has been a rapid but rocky one. Recently, articles...
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The week in higher education
• Academics at a Jesuit university in the US who challenged a leading Catholic Republican politician over his proposed budget cuts have earned themselves a pious response. Staff at Georgetown...
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Let's hear it for pod people
Sally Feldman on a new wave of academic impact via the online ‘airwaves’
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Stylish Academic Writing
Untold riches could be yours with academics’ secret codex. Les Gofton gets a head start