Speaking our language
I write in response to David Head's letter (9 September) regarding cuts in the modern languages department at Swansea University. As the education officer at Swansea Students' Union, I will be on the...
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STEM is not a special case
It is a pity that contributors from various scientific societies in the letter to THE (9 September) chose to distort my research on the relationship between economic growth and participation in...
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Franz Schurmann, 1926-2010
An academic expert on China and global politics who was also a pioneering journalist has died.Franz Schurmann, the son of a German mother and a Slovenian father, was born in New York on 21 June 1926...
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Brand-new exciting rankings!
Yes, all of us at The Poppletonian are delighted to announce the publication of the brand-new, completely revised, dramatically improved, extraordinarily more sensitive higher education rankings for...
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Charm offensive
Tim Birkhead on universities' courtship of their next cohort of students
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Don't let views cloud scientific integrity
Global ethics guidelines set out researchers’ duties to be clear and above board, writes Paul Jump
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From where I sit - Logos do not deliver popularity
I bumped into a colleague the other day who expressed her relief at the outcome of the Australian election. The result had hung in the balance for two weeks and could have gone either way before...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research Intelligence - Practice makes profit
UK humanities scholars have reaped rewards in Europe thanks to their grant-writing experience, reports Paul Jump
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Leader: The space for a spirit to know
Universities should not be a battlefront but a forum where religion and secularism can be debated without rancour
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Hefce clawback could add to Gloucestershire's woes
Council minutes say outcome of audit of student numbers is 'risk to university'. Simon Baker writes
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News in brief
Royal InstitutionSir Richard Sykes named chairFormer Imperial College London rector Sir Richard Sykes has been named the new chair of the Royal Institution. Sir Richard, who is also a former chairman...
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Odds and quads
Although it may look more like a slice of cake or the world's most elaborate pizza topping, this is in fact a paint sample from the dado rail in the coffee lounge of St Pancras Chambers.
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Networking error as academy cuts the bubbly when it is needed most
Business contacts must be cultivated in the age of austerity, academics argue. Hannah Fearn writes
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Take a risk and invest your pension cash in a student
Report advocates an 'efficient and fair' alternative to the student loans system, writes Hannah Fearn