Diary
LondonHe Who Dared: Dirk BogardeDirk Bogarde, who died in 1999 but would have been 90 this year, was one of the most celebrated and enigmatic British actors of his generation. Although he started his...
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The Pick - Edinburgh International and Fringe Festivals
Credit: Natasha RazinaRare event: Richard Strauss' opera Die Frau ohne SchattenEdinburgh International and Fringe FestivalsEdinburghEdinburgh is officially a city of 12 different festivals, but, with...
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Now it's Wobbleton University!
Fears that our university may be gaining a reputation for indecisiveness have been increased by the news of another change to our proposed undergraduate tuition fees for next year.When the new fees...
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Film review: Project Nim
A true story of how humans nurtured, used and then abandoned a chimp is unsettling for Duncan Wu
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Ken Darby-Dowman, 1948-2011
Ken Darby-Dowman was described by colleagues as "the perfect gentleman" and by students as "a true inspiration and mentor".Professor Darby-Dowman was born on 3 April 1948 in Belfast, but moved to...
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Appointments
University of SalfordGeorge McKayNot many academics are known to "rock out" during their lectures, but one has managed to get pretty close. George McKay, professor of cultural studies at the...
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Odds and quads
The notorious Berlin Olympics of 1936 were accompanied by an International Sports Pedagogic Congress.
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Research intelligence - It's peerless, but it could be better still
MPs want to see a more robust and transparent peer-review process. Paul Jump writes
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Leader: Depriving the already deprived
In the scrum for AABs, elite institutions risk putting themselves beyond the reach of disadvantaged students
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From where I sit - To the Collaborators, the spoils
The University of Western Australia's Arts Building is a solemn 1930s stone structure, built beside the Swan River estuary but lacking the panache of other campus edifices with their hints of De...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Campus round-up
Kingston UniversityLet's work this outStudents will become peacemakers when a university opens a community mediation unit. Kingston University has recruited and trained eight undergraduates to...
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Off Piste - A touch of class amid the asters and arias
Helen Fulton is unrepentant about her addiction to Glyndebourne, where high-end opera meets country-house garden to the delight of those of the English bourgeoisie who have secured tickets
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The week in higher education
• Some academics seek immortality through their ideas; Robert Ettinger sought immortality by having his body placed in a deep freezer after his death. Mr Ettinger, who has died at the age of 92,...
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Life and death lessons
Education’s true aims comprise a very short list, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto