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  1. How duff exams spawn failure

    Natural selection is too hard for educators - not the kids, says Tim Birkhead

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  3. Detlef Mühlberger, 1943-2008

    Detlef Mühlberger, professor of modern German history at Oxford Brookes University, has died of lung cancer at the age of 65.Born in Germany on 6 May 1943, he was immediately caught up in the global...

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  4. Bangor and Oxford universities - Waxing lyrical on mindfulness

    The comedian Ruby Wax has revealed that she has learnt to cope with depression by practising "mindfulness" - a technique that combines cognitive behaviour therapy with meditation. Bangor and Oxford...

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  5. Whitehall fails to tap academic resources

    Whatever the intentions of the Government, academics and Times Higher Education in encouraging greater interaction between academics and policymakers ("Still no call from No 10?", 6 November), the...

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  6. A bachelor out of place? 1

    I was interested to read of the proposals for new low-cost "Bachelor of Vocational Studies" degrees to be awarded through a proposed National Skills University ("FE colleges plan low-cost degrees at...

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  7. A bachelor out of place 2

    At times, we in higher education in the UK seek international comparisons (often from the US) and claim to learn from them. However, we often appear to be splendid isolationists (perhaps when...

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  8. Border rules breach rights

    The new immigration rules for overseas students and staff threaten university autonomy and breach human rights legislation ("Overseas student dropout figures must be reported", 6 November).These...

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  9. Degrees of freedom

    May I offer a little hope to Frank Burnet ("Pick'n'mix not so sweet", 6 November)? The University of Warwick allows students to study outside normal credit loads.Students who study in my department (...

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  10. Student-centred advances

    Although I would agree with much of Frank Furedi's article "Feeding a fine hunger" (30 October) in that good teaching is not a separate and distinct activity from the rest of academic work, I take...

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  11. Vulgarity or virtue?

    I was surprised to read that the lady wife of the vice-chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University considers that tucking a napkin into the shirt is the height of vulgarity ("To get ahead, watch...

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  12. Dumb pronouncements

    So Phil Willis, chairman of the Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee, has told a majority of the readers who took part in a recent Times Higher Education poll on the...

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  14. Marine marker

    This artwork of raised terracotta lettering, a quote about Darwinism from John Ruskin, is home to an array of starfish, crabs, whelks and other sea creatures.It was created by Cath Keay, a fine art...

  15. Heriot-Watt University - £10m to boost staff numbers

    Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, has launched Focus on the Future, Heriot-Watt University's £10 million strategy to increase its academic staff by 50 per cent over ten years. The university...