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Make the words work
Students’ pleasure in writing is often knocked out of them by formal schooling. Blogging may become their only outlet of expression and, with a little encouragement, it is possible to reignite their...
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The ECJ confirms that the Disability Discrimination Act needs to change
Much of current UK discrimination law, including the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), is founded on the European Equal Treatment Framework Directive. The Framework Directive prohibits...
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Top 10 agricultural scientists based on total citations
Data provided by Thomson Scientific from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998–29 February 2008
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The great professorial bulge
Our university faced mounting criticism last week when it emerged that more than 42 per cent of its academic staff now enjoyed the title of "professor". Although admitting that this was "somewhat in...
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No points for learning
Marking schemes are an admission of failure, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Leader: Honesty is not the best policy
Universities' admissions of their failings have been met with calls for stringent supervision, surely the wrong approach entirely
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Judith Bailey, 1934-2008
Judith Bailey, the former deputy director of the University of Cambridge's computing laboratory who was instrumental in helping academics apply computer technology to their research in the 1970s and...
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University of Oxford - Beyond the gloom and doom
Will the human species survive the 21st century? This was the question addressed at a conference last week, "Global Catastrophic Risks", at the University of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute,...
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Feeding culture of fear won't defend freedom 1
Let it be noted: the vice-chancellor of a prominent university in Britain has caved in to the culture of fear ("Researchers have no 'right' to study terrorist materials", 17 July).The University of...
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Feeding culture of fear won't defend freedom 2
The statement issued by Sir Colin Campbell, the vice-chancellor of the University of Nottingham, indicating that it is illegitimate to study the operational or tactical aspects of terrorism, as...
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No to New Hall's new name
I was glad to read that 66 New Hall alumni had signed a letter of protest to the college over its "rebranding" and the change in its name ("Week in higher education", 17 July). I also would have been...
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UCU boycott is racist
I regret that Times Higher Education was not able to publish in full my remarks about the University and College Union ("Derecognise UCU over Israel motion, says Deech", 10 July). In calling for...
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No room to jump
It is wonderful to see more money being put into grants to fund boundary-hopping between disciplines ("Leap ahead", 17 July). The emphasis with these grants is on the physical and life sciences,...
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Ask us oldies for answers
I fell about laughing to read that a research grant of £123,000 will be used to help older people keep warm in winter with less fuel, reduce their carbon footprint and help them to lead "sustainable...