STEM straw man is a flimsy construct
As the many critics of your article "The appliance of extra science is no economic panacea" (26 August) have pointed out, the analysis used by the University of Essex's Paul Whiteley to "refute" the...
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New model barmy
The basic problem with the UK academy stems from the fact that it has mostly abandoned its traditional role of educating people and in its stead has adopted a business model of research, training and...
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Never forget your Welsh?
Although Swansea University's decision to cut the number of academics in its modern languages department from 22 to 12 at least has the redeeming feature of not relegating the institution to hick...
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Broader treatment
In the article "Overseas growth exposes Brits to knowledge vacuum" (2 September), it was implied that I believe that lecturers at Newcastle University are being asked to prepare material beyond their...
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The encyclical cycle
The story of the "lost encyclical" (Books, Pope and Devil: The Vatican's Archives and the Third Reich, 19 August) is an oft-revived one, with the suggestion that an encyclical drafted for Pope Pius...
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Rocket from the crypt
Times Higher Education's cover line "Graduate take-off" (2 September) caught my eye, but its appeal to me as a new graduate was negated by the accompanying image. Why present a phallically suggestive...
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Extra needle
I write to protest the article that cited David Colquhoun on systems biology and traditional Chinese medicine ("A bridge too far? Western life science and Chinese medicine 'ludicrous' bedfellows", 26...
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'That' is the question
As a linguist, I was delighted to read about Bernard Lamb's campaign to raise the standard of students' English ("Gobbledegook and ghastly grammar cast a murky spell on coherence", 2 September). But...
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Ambiguity is over
Since the 1980s, one of my institution's most important services has been called variously (but rarely by its users) "AIS", "ILS" and "ISD". Now the library is to be renamed The Library!Sue Powell,...
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Leon Breeden, 1921-2010
A clarinettist and composer who played a pivotal role in establishing jazz studies as a serious academic discipline has died.Leon Breeden was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, on 3 October 1921 but moved to...
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Let your students know!
"A tremendous idea going forward." That was the enthusiastic response of Nancy Harbinger, our Deputy Head of Student Experience, to the University of Central Lancashire's new scheme to persuade...
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From where I sit - Hanging in the balance
The federal election in Australia on 21 August left the country with a hung Parliament and three independents from rural electorates holding the balance of power.The election result also left the...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence - Imparted wisdom
Researchers of all stripes should consider the implications of sharing their data. Cat Davies reports
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Precious little excuse
Kevin Fong’s inability to resist his smartphone threatens his family vacation