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  1. Faith, hope and clarity 1

    Those privileged to hear Ron Barnett's plenary address at the Higher Education Academy conference will probably be wondering what's in store for the universities of the future ("Selfish models lose...

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  2. Faith, hope and clarity 2

    Thanks for the list of universities, Ron. Perhaps you should add another one to it: the "bullying" university. You could ask it to "rediscover its responsibilities to staff". I tried but got nowhere....

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  3. Simplistic diagnosis

    I was surprised to read under the headline "Medics riled by tests of professional behaviour" (9 July) that I had "defended" our work on professionalism among medical students, since this suggests...

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  4. Take your word for it

    One of the few advantages of delivering higher education in further education colleges concerns plagiarism ("To catch a plagiarist", 9 July). Most plagiarism in further education is detected by staff...

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  5. Tag, you're it

    I was horrified to read that academics at Liverpool Hope University are being forced into a culture of presenteeism ("Edict curtailing freedom to work at home 'appals' staff", 2 July). Far from...

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  6. Keep them grounded

    I appreciated the article "When it comes to saving the environment, academics don't practise what they preach" (2 July), but perhaps universities should invest in video-conferencing equipment to...

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  7. Unidentified foreign object

    The continuing lament over falling provision in modern language studies resonated for me as I peered at a row of generously donated antiquarian books on sale in the front window of a local charity...

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  8. Premature ageing

    I am concerned that the debate over the age of Keith Ponting has not touched on the sensitive issue of his historical ageing rate. I recollect that he spent considerable time aged "(29)". Ecological...

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  9. Off Piste: To infinity and beyond

    Fancy the matchless freedom of paragliding - but any time, any place, anywhere? Paul Chapman does, that's why he took to paramotoring

    #Features
    #Off Piste

  10. From where I sit - Storms in a Swiss teacup

    I can see Lake Zurich and even catch a glimpse of some snow-covered Alpine summits from my office. It is in a well-maintained fin de siècle villa, and the decrepit buildings with which I had to...

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    #Opinion

  11. What are you reading?

    A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

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  12. Leader: Straight back down to Earth

    The Moon landings inspired a generation of scientists, but a cash-strapped UK is unlikely to explore the final frontier

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    #Opinion

  13. Auntie matters

    The BBC must fulfil its potential to inform, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

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    #Felipe Fernandez Armesto
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  15. London South Bank University - Earlier the better

    Students who apply to university earlier in the year make better choices when it comes to institutions and courses, according to research by London South Bank University. Of 502 students who applied...