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  1. 43 lecturers accidentally 'imprisoned'

    What was described by Mike Adobe, our Deputy Head of Advanced Computer Services, as "a technological blip", led to the unfortunate overnight retention in our Central Library of 43 members of academic...

    #Laurie

  2. Notes from the debt pit

    Eschewing the City for the academy offers us scant protection, says Kevin Fong

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  4. Leader: Buy into a vision for expansion

    If society believes a university education is important, it must find ways to fund it to enable all abilities to reach the right level

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  5. Drew Manzie, 1944-2008

    Drew Manzie, the inspirational former head of physical education at the University of Strathclyde, has died of cancer, aged 64.Niall Sturrock, Strathclyde's head of sport and recreation, who worked...

    #People

  6. Buckingham: why QAA has 'serious' concerns

    The judgment by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) of limited confidence in the University of Buckingham was made for sound and serious reasons, and not for those suggested by Terence Kealey ("Trust...

    #Letters

  7. PVC 'posturing' assessed

    Your series on "a passion for teaching" has been instructive, perhaps never more so than this week, with the piece on assessment by Leeds Metropolitan University provost and pro vice-chancellor (PVC...

    #Letters

  8. Built on good foundations

    Your article "Fight or flight" (16 October) states that the Further Education Bill will allow "further education colleges across England to award their own foundation degrees" and they will have "...

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  9. Distortion of salary figures

    Your article "5% pay rise takes some salaries up by a quarter in three years" (16 October), makes reference to the statement by the Universities and Colleges Employers Association that some academics...

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  10. Research funding is fair

    Tim Birkhead wants a system that is fair for academics ("Why is funding so unfair?", 9 October). The Research Councils' primary obligation is to give a "fair" return on the public's investment.The UK...

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  11. Don't rely on others' crumbs

    The suggestion that the Western world should be happy to relinquish its scientific lead on some vague concept of "creativity", linked with an optimistic view that scientific advances made in other...

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  12. Easter treat for heathens 1

    If God grants Nigel Paterson his wish for a flock of Christian universities ("Academic calls for creation of Christian universities", 16 October), can we heathens who choose to remain behind in the...

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  13. Easter treat for heathens 2

    It's tempting to retort that Nigel Paterson's call for Christian universities in the UK hasn't got a prayer. In the current ethos of higher education as surrendered capitalist lackey and technical-...

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  14. Research folly confusion

    I am a little confused. Was Jonathan Levitt and Mike Thelwall's research on the frequency of citation of multidisciplinary research itself multidisciplinary? If so, does the publication of their...

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