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  1. The week in higher education

    David Willetts has frequently urged universities to make more information available for students - but the University of York has taken things a step too far. In an accidental leak, reported on 17...

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  2. Truth is our profession

    Malcolm Gillies discusses the reality of university reputation

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  3. 24 March 2011

    Heads up - Vice-chancellors’ education and pay revealed

  4. Leader: Dancing to a different tune

    A generation of v-cs swayed by the rhythms of meritocracy are finding fresh reserves of restraint on pay, regardless of background

  6. The wisdom of being positively supportive

    Frank Furedi evokes the Aristotelian notion of phronesis, as interpreted by Hannah Arendt, in support of his claim that "Our job is to judge" (17 March). In a classic non sequitur, he then expresses...

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  7. Market credentials (1 of 2)

    In "Cutting the Gordian knot" (17 March), Alasdair Smith argues that removing price and number restrictions from our universities would reduce costs, as would limiting the intake of "unqualified"...

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  8. Market credentials (2 of 2)

    Predictably, the number of student places will need to be restricted in some way to constrain state expenditure on student financial support. David Willetts, the universities and science minister,...

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  9. Limiting our worldview

    In his piece "The end is not nigh" (Opinion, 3 March), Sir Adam Roberts argues that we need to be more precise about the threats posed to the humanities and social sciences and less paranoid about...

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  10. Keele, philosophy matters

    I am writing to add my voice in protest to the proposal to close the philosophy programme at Keele. I went there in 1989, one of the first of my family to attend university. I am the son of a butcher...

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  11. Ruby slip-ups

    In the cultural commentary piece on The Wizard of Oz ("Hello, Yellow Brick Road", 17 March), several stated facts call for correction. The writers who actually "tweaked" the 1939 film's screenplay -...

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  12. Measure of popularity

    As the literature indicates, the strength of a "superbrand" can be measured in many ways ("The name says it all", 10 March).However, although not listed in the Times Higher Education World Reputation...

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  13. Dressing down

    Margot Feelbetter missed the point in her response regarding a university's demand that its academics "dress up" on open days ("Cosmetic effect", 17 March).British universities have overtly practised...

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  15. New body mooted to take reins of Welsh academy

    The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales could be scrapped and replaced by a new body holding full powers to govern Welsh universities under proposals welcomed by Leighton Andrews, Wales’...

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