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A sales tax dividend could be just the ticket for a US sector hit by wave after wave of state cuts, opines Hamid Shirvani
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Sins of omission: REF should give full picture for the taxpayers' sake
Allowing universities to cherry-pick the scholars they submit for assessment is bad news for transparency, argues Miles Hewstone
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Freedom to succeed
Combining funding and regulatory roles is hard, says Roger King. To do it successfully, Hefce must adopt a more autonomous stance
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Yayoi Kusama: Look Now, See Forever
Peter Hill admires a Japanese artist whose obsessive nature has led to the production of works at an incomparable rate
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Diary
EdinburghThe Sculpture ShowThis major exhibition, which continues at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art until 24 June, celebrates sculpture in all its many forms. Taking over all the...
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The Pick - Five-ring circus of the arts
Credit: Bregezer Festspiele/Karl ForsterCiao bella: Judith Weir's Miss Fortune updates a Sicilian folk taleThe Olympic year will bring with it the London 2012 Festival, modestly billed as "the...
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Your 2012 resolution: don't make one
Our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has reminded all academic staff that the making of New Year's resolutions is a violation of official university policy.He told our reporter...
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TV review: Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
The BBC's new Sherlock Holmes is great fun, says Gary Day, but the man himself remains an enigma
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Film review: The Iron Lady
A film about Margaret Thatcher is unrealistic about her and events in her premiership, says Duncan Wu
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Petra Rogers, 1970-2011
A Czech who came to make Leeds her home, Petra Rogers was cheerful and popular, and was known for her compassion and sensitivity.Ms Rogers was born in the Czech Republic on 23 May 1970. She studied...
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Drop the pilot: drone courses pursued in search of security
US students flock to unmanned-aircraft degrees as civilian market beckons. Jon Marcus reports
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Appointments
UCFB College of Football BusinessRichard FlashA former professional footballer has taken up the post of lecturer in football business and marketing at the UCFB College of Football Business.Richard...
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Odds and quads
In 2010, sculptor Tom Harvey created this work from the remains of a 250-year-old cedar tree - the oldest on the campus of The Open University - which had fallen victim to an infestation of the small...
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From where I sit - Perception is everything
The Knight review of Australia's student-visa programme has ushered in changes Down Under that are an inconvenience for the UK, but they are not the real cause of our current malaise - or the biggest...
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