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  1. Impact is created in immeasurable ways 3

    In an attempt to make opposition to the "impact agenda" seem foolish, a panellist is quoted as inviting academics to raise their hand if they would want their work to have no impact whatsoever: "I...

    #Letters

  2. Named and/or shamed?

    The article on citation counting ("A measure of humanities?", 5 November) mentions two reasons why this method is ill-suited to assessing the quality of work produced in the arts and humanities:...

    #Letters

  3. Unequal treatment

    Keith Burnett's appointment as the new chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association comes at a critical time for the sector. We had hoped that a new face at the helm would usher in a...

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  4. Giving them space 1

    With reference to Kevin Sharpe's opinion piece "Quiet, please" (5 November), we'd like to make a number of points.Librarians within higher education are trying to address a multitude of needs and are...

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  5. Giving them space 2

    Have librarians gone too far trying to shrug off their "Shhh!" image? As Kevin Sharpe acknowledges, the traditional library needed to change. Many readers now prefer to consult our resources online...

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  6. As simple as ABC ..

    Michael Worton finds a lack of a "clear and compelling identity for modern foreign languages" ("Speak up to keep languages alive, review says", 22 October). He also notes a recent change of identity...

    #Letters

  7. Visas and scholarships

    I thought that Melanie Newman's article "A funny sort of welcome" (29 October) did an excellent job of highlighting many issues around the new visa system. "A parent's story" particularly rang true...

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  8. Philosophical hurdles

    I look forward to reading Socrates in the Boardroom ("Captains of the academic enterprise", 15 October) although its title puzzles me just a little. If we follow Pierre Hadot's argument in What Is...

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  9. John Ramsden, 1947-2009

    A historian who transformed understanding of British conservatism has died.

    #People

  10. Campus Horror!

    Police cars raced to our campus on Tuesday as news came through of a fatal stabbing following an outbreak of mob violence in the Senior Common Room of David Willetts College.According to unconfirmed...

    #Laurie

  11. Future present in the US

    We should learn from the American experience with fees, says Alan Ryan

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    #Opinion

  12. From where I sit - Symbolic meaning

    If history is the hunting ground of politicians, as was suggested in Times Higher Education recently, then what makes one political deployment of history worse than another?This question is...

    #From Where I Sit
    #News
    #Opinion

  13. What are you reading?

    A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

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