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  1. THE Scholarly Web

    Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

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    #THE Scholarly Web

  2. The week in higher education

    • Higher education has a new and unlikely champion: Noel Edmonds. The man responsible for Deal or No Deal and Mr Blobby has apparently offered to fund the doctoral studies of a Canterbury Christ...

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    #The week in HE

  3. The history boys and girls

    Felipe Fernández-Armesto recalls a golden age when learning was treasured

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    #Felipe Fernandez Armesto
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  4. 12 April 2012

    Pounds, pence and perils - Financial health check: are universities ready for the new funding regime?

  6. Odds and quads

    This cast reveals the circulation within the heart of a greyhound. It was made by injecting coloured liquid acrylic into structures such as blood vessels and air-filled spaces and then allowing it to...

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  7. Stamp of approval for rational visa policies (1 of 3)

    There was some good news in last week's immigration announcements, as strange as it sounds. As well as keeping the overall work-related visa cap static - rather than reducing it owing to lower than...

    #Letters

  8. Stamp of approval for rational visa policies (2 of 3)

    One of the few bright spots for international education in the UK last year was the introduction of the extended student visitor visa (ESVV), now under review by the government.Although this visa, a...

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  9. Stamp of approval for rational visa policies (3 of 3)

    A robust immigration system for the UK is to be welcomed, so long as it is proportionate.The University of Exeter supports the UK Border Agency's efforts to clamp down on abuse in the student visa...

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  10. Pros, not cons

    I enjoyed "Creative vs accounting" (22 March). However, I think Amanda Goodall underestimates the importance of good management to institutional success. The thrust of her argument seems to be that...

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  11. Battle stations

    The opening salvoes in the 2012-13 pay round for staff on the 51-point pay spine were launched last week with a derisory offer of 0.5 per cent made by the Universities and Colleges Employers...

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  12. Winning formula

    I recently found myself chatting to Mike Duff, a string theorist at Imperial College London, at a physics dinner. As you might expect, Duff was concerned about the introduction of impact statements...

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  13. Trust issues

    Of the 11 sub-themes in the mathematical sciences programme, mathematical physics was the only one ranked "excellent" in international standing by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...

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