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NottinghamIgloo: VisitorThe London-based duo of Ruth Gibson and Bruno Martelli, who exhibit under the name of igloo, have created installations, videos, online projects and performances for...
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Traitor? Moi?
Our vice-chancellor has reacted angrily to the assertion by Professor Richard Drayton of King's College London that "vice-chancellors and many administrators have been active quislings" in the recent...
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More pride, less prejudice
Sally Feldman stands up for popular works of scholarship
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Leader: Precious and yet so fragile
Universities are global brands built on reputation. As the LSE shows, a good name built over years can be blackened in days
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Research intelligence - The cost of concentration
The ESRC's decision to limit PhD funding to 45 pre-92 universities has triggered outrage. Paul Jump reports
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The week in higher education
An academic faces an investigation over his decision to stage a live sex show for students involving a sex toy called a "fucksaw". John Bailey, who teaches a popular human sexuality course at...
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From where I sit - Work on facts behind the figures
We live in a world of informed choices. The bulk of students seeking a degree still opt for universities in their home countries. Their decisions are shaped by a variety of considerations, such as an...
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Beware of autocratic regimes bearing gifts: spotlight illuminates dark side of donations
Institutions warned to take care when accepting cash from overseas. Rebecca Attwood reports
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William Robert Freudenburg, 1951-2010
An amateur woodworker, keen fisherman and renowned sociologist, William R. Freudenburg worked on risk management and offshore oil issues for more than 30 years.He started his life in the academy as...
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Percentage point made
In your report "Doctor yes: the rise and rise of PhDs as standard" (17 February), you state: "Not only do pre-1992 universities have a higher proportion of academics with PhDs, they are also...
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Life of Riley's lessons
So "Brunel University has appointed an 'entrepreneur-in-residence', who has been given free rein to work wherever and with whomever he chooses within the institution" ("Free-range businessman hatches...
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Plumbing the heights
Christopher Grey offers a nice explanation of the difference between a salary and a stipend (Letters, 3 March). Unfortunately, it hinges on the word "vocation", which by definition means a calling,...
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Scholars in glass houses...
I am startled by the rush to judgement against UK universities for promoting educational links and engaging with autocratic regimes such as Libya. Is it so much worse than China? If not, why aren't...
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Employers, it's Acas or action - your choice
Members of the University and College Union at 63 UK universities have voted to go on strike in defence of their pensions ("Fresh dig at Left influence in union", 3 March). They have made it quite...
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Visa folly: Cable, cut it out
In the next few days, the government is expected to announce its policy on student visas.Last week, Labour's shadow business frontbench team hosted a consultative seminar attended by representatives...