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  1. Different rules apply pre-92

    Subtle observer he may be of university politics and policy, but when it comes to those upstart crows the post-92 universities, Alan Ryan likes his slogans as much as the next minister ("It is all a...

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  2. Dancing to a one-note tune

    The fashion in universities is to at best ignore and at worst undermine the methodological and intellectual integrity of disciplines by creating spurious new school identities. These pop into...

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  3. Passion over pathology

    Individual differences compose the most controversial area of psychology. In your collection of "geniuses" all the "celebrated" figures are male, as are almost all the senior academics who comment on...

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  4. Politics of past and present

    Frank Furedi pretends that my book, Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen, is a theory of international relations, but it is exactly the opposite: a study of constitutional politics that...

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  5. MPs bark up the wrong tree

    Your report on the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee evidence session failed to highlight the real dangers of the proposals being advanced by a small number of pundits ("...

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  6. John Golby, 1935-2009

    John Golby, a leading historian of popular culture, has died.He was born on 16 July 1935 and brought up in Wembley, London, where his father was catering manager at the football stadium. After two...

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  7. University of Oxford - New media to hike state intake

    The proportion of the University of Oxford's British undergraduates who studied at state schools rose to 55.4 per cent in 2008, up 2 per cent compared with the previous year. Now the university is...

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  8. Blue skies or no sky at all

    We must save pure research - it could be key to Earth's future, says Kevin Fong

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  9. From where I sit - Erasmus opens Spanish vistas

    There was a time when Erasmus Mundus was just a dream for the many Spanish students who whiled away their Sunday afternoons imagining what it would be like to study abroad.We must not forget that the...

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  10. Leader: Leadership comes at a premium

    Vice-chancellors' salaries have risen, but so have the demands of the job they do and the economic challenges they faceFor once, academics can start to feel justly rewarded. The new pay framework has...

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  13. Look into our eyes

    The mind-reading abilities of monkeys, and what they can teach us about human powers of deduction, were discussed at a public lecture at the University of St Andrews. Juan-Carlos Gomez, a psychology...

  14. London School of Economics - Robbers pick up a penguin

    Students have been leaving flowers, messages and even Penguin chocolate biscuits in tribute to a stolen statue. Thieves ripped out the statue of a penguin, which was a gift to the London School of...

  15. University of Leeds - Parasite link to schizophrenia

    A team at the University of Leeds has discovered how a parasite transmitted via cat faeces may trigger the development of schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. The toxoplasmosis parasite, which can...