D-Day (but hopefully A*-Day)
The A-level results are here again: cue the usual laments that exams are getting easier and the scramble for places is becoming ever more intense. But is any of it true? Jack Grove finds out
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Dead reckoning
It's neither ghoulish nor foolish to hold tutorials over one's own coffin, philosopher Peter Vardy insists. Students like to tackle the big questions in life - and none is bigger than death
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
In the age of Google, Twitter, information overload and confusion, The Information is a timely blessing for anyone in a wheelspin about the meaning of what has befallen us. It is a work of Herculean...
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Putting a Name to It: Diagnosis in Contemporary Society
The process of identifying illness involves more than mere detective work, finds Deborah Bowman
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Ballot Box China: Grassroots Democracy in the Final Major One-Party State
China is democratic - according to the Chinese Communist Party. Kerry Brown knows better. He does not portray China as democratic under the normal definition, but he does see China as practising...
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Because We Are Poor: Irish Theatre in the 1990s
We are frequently told that the key asset of a knowledge-based economy is people: smart, flexible, educated, proficient, globally aware. This surely describes the Irish of the 1990s, and their...
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Autonomy by degrees as FE colleges seek to go it alone
Exposure to shifts by accrediting institutions spurs quest for new powers, reports David Matthews
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Goal-oriented team player oversees strategy in two very different games
Access a shared aim in twin roles as rugby league chair and business academic. John Morgan writes
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Time to optimise, says British Library's HE chief
A former management consultant who claims extensive experience "at the heart of rapid change" has been appointed the British Library's head of higher education.
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News in Brief
AustraliaRise in mental illness predictedThe prevalence of mental health problems among Australian students is likely to rise as more are recruited from disadvantaged backgrounds, researchers have...
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Grant winners
THE WELLCOME TRUSTSir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships• Award winner: Irene G. Romero• Institution: European Bioinformatics Institute• Value: £250,000Comparative genomics of regulatory...
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We talk about tainted money, but is cash ever stain-free?
When it comes to Murdoch's involvement in our universities, the most fundamental question raised is not about individual donors: it's about the place of private wealth in the UK sector, says Deborah...
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Hepi castigates White Paper
'Bipolar' system is likely to exacerbate rather than ease inequality, Hepi report finds. John Gill writes
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Table plots who offers the most for students' fees
Hertfordshire rates itself highly on a graph showing the best-value institutions. Jack Grove reports
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Small price to pay for grants award efficiency
The closure of the Natural Environment Research Council's small grants scheme could reduce its overall applications-to-awards success rate, the council has admitted.