Watchdog attacks Arts and Wales, but critic says bark worse than bite
Landmark investigations expose faults but raise questions over limited powers. Simon Baker writes
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Vous êtes congédié! Monoglots bad for business
British business is losing out because of the nation's foreign language failings - yet academics are struggling to convince their universities to do anything about it.Those were among the issues...
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Time to budge up, for your budget's sake
The enduring perception of an office as a status symbol has contributed to the higher education sector lagging behind nearly all others in the efficient use of space.That is one of the conclusions of...
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'Paint the dream' in Chinese characters
Reach would-be students via made-in-China sites, UK institutions are advised. Sarah Cunnane writes
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News in brief
Archive digitisationVive la révolution numériqueThe British Library has announced a major strategic partnership with Google that will result in the digitisation of about 250,000 publications. It is...
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Let's broaden the definition
Using peer review to reflect the holistic nature of journal 'output' would mitigate the REF, argues Keith Kahn-Harris
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Simple blueprint for a genuine market based on quality and variety
The sector doesn't need a Byzantine White Paper, says Aldwyn Cooper: it needs clear criteria, empowered universities and greater diversity
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Black Hawk frowns
Move over, 'helicopter parents': a new model is strafing the US sector and is on its way here. Peter Gumbel offers an early warning
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Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe
Objects both strange and beautiful show the power of relics as tokens of the glorious destiny of the redeemed, says Eamon Duffy
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The Pick - Shall I Say a Kiss?
Shall I Say a Kiss?BBC Radio 4, 28 June, 2.15pmMorris met Eva at Warrington Deaf Club in 1936 and soon decided he "should like to claim (her) as my girl" and ask her to make a new life with him in...
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Diary
Compton Verney, Warwickshire'Capability' Brown and the landscapes of Middle EnglandSet in its own "Capability" Brown landscape, Compton Verney makes the perfect venue for the first exhibition devoted...
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My box is bigger than yours!
Our Head of Research Impact, Gerald Thudd, has described the recent London School of Economics conference, Investigating Academic Impact, as "a major breakthrough".Thudd informed our reporter, Keith...
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Wisdom à la mode: launch the go-getters (1 of 2)
UK colleges and universities, in common with their counterparts in other Western countries, are doing a poor job of preparing graduates for work ("Not by skills alone", 16 June). The biggest weakness...
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Wisdom à la mode: launch the go-getters (2 of 2)
It was welcome indeed to see the argument for a rediscovery of wisdom in higher education. Given this, it is most unfortunate that the performance criteria for most academics seem to be the...
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Alternatives to privilege (1 of 3)
Given that Frank Furedi and his comrades over at Spiked and the Institute of Ideas are consistent in their moralisation of debate, it was with no little irony that I read his dismissal of those...