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Online learningApple, not open, accessTechnology giant Apple has unveiled a "new textbook experience" and free online courses for students - as long as they own Apple products. In a much-hyped...
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Aladdin's IP cave may prove illusory
Scholars considering research future don't put too much hope in spin-offs. Matthew Reisz reports
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Unethical framework
Division, dishonesty and unfairness: David Shaw evaluates the moral health of the REF and finds it sorely wanting
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Be warned, no one will be able to put health training together again
Scholars must join doctors and nurses to stand against the health and social care bill before it dismantles the NHS, Woody Caan says
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Break the supplier chains
Ucas is a monopoly that cares more about protecting universities than helping students, says Steve Edwards. It must be reorganised
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Migrations
British art since 1500 would be a thin offering without the work of immigrant artists. It has made us what we are, says Harry Mount
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Diary
LondonShe Stoops to ConquerCountry gentleman Hardcastle thinks his friend's son, Charles Marlow, would be the perfect match for his daughter Kate until he finds himself mistaken by his prospective...
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The Pick - Golden Spider Silk
Golden Spider SilkVictoria and Albert Museum, London Until 5 JuneThe idea of weaving clothes out of spider silk has long been something of an eccentric fantasy.In 1710, Francois-Xavier Bon de Saint...
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Two 'I's in 'T-E-A-M'
"They'll make our university a laughing stock."That was the reaction of one of our senior administrators to the news that the last two remaining members of our Library staff had entered themselves in...
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Film review: The Descendants
The idyllic island backdrop may pall but the chemistry between George Clooney and his clan ignites the film, says Will Brooker
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TV review: Gypsy Blood: True Stories
Fist-fighting is a way of life for Gypsy communities. It may seem brutal, says Gary Day, but it is at least fair
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David Price, 1954-2012
As well as being a renowned expert on the legal and ethical aspects of organ donation, David Price was a man of wide interests, ranging from tennis to sudoku to hill walking.Born in 1954, Professor...
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Inescapable burden of 'guilty knowledge'
I read with interest Peter Geoghegan's tale of the Boston College-Belfast Project tapes. While the case has been covered extensively in serious newspapers and blogs, readers relying on his account...
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Wealth and safety
Keith Vaz is right: the government needs to do everything in its power to reassure international students that we value their presence at our universities - and take their safety when in the UK...
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Pension protection
At its special meeting last Friday, the national executive committee of the University and College Union rejected the government's heads-of-agreement offer on the Teachers' Pension Scheme. The offer...