Immeasurable loss
Alan Ryan makes much sense ("End this mass delusion", 20 March), but his article does appear to be elitist and contradictory regarding PhD student opportunities. On the one hand, he argues that "new...
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Tribal lore
The classification of international students into five "tribes" could be applied to the wider world of education ("Accurately target foreign students or lose, sector told", 20 March).The "Seekers"...
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There may be trouble ahead
The sector has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years, with fees and overseas income boosting overall prosperity, but not all universities are in a position to keep expanding. Alan Thomson...
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The spirit of enterprise
As competition intensifies, universities that focus on third-stream income and that revamp the campus experience will be in the strongest position to thrive in the future, believes David Barnes
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Looking for the wow factor
Universities want eye-catching iconic buildings that capture the spirit of academic endeavour, involve the community and aid recruitment. Esther Oxford surveys the results, from glass walls to grass...
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3 April 2008
Are you sitting pretty? - A financial health check of UK universities
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Their ships have sailed
It’s not so much the dropouts who vex Gloria Monday, more the drop-ins who have no business on campus
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Book of the Week: Conquest: How Societies Overwhelm Others
Alex Danchev on the brutish heart of empire
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The Week in Books
Creationism and its Critics in Antiquity by David Sedley, Laurence professor of ancient philosophy and a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. University of California Press, £17.95, ISBN...
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Blood and Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism
Charles Townshend is taken aback by a combative and oddly incurious survey of the enemies within
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A Lesbian History of Britain
Rebecca Jennings's book is a neat overview of published material on lesbian history of the past 30 years. It is not a lone historical study that unearths much original material, being more of a...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, London WC2
1. The Logic of Life: Uncovering the New Economics of Everything by Tim Harford. Little, Brown Book Group, £18.99. ISBN 978031605642. Longman Pocket English Dictionary. Longman, £9.40. ISBN...
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French Laughter: Literary Humour From Diderot to Tournier
Christie Davies admires a playful look at the sly, carnal and punning humour of France
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The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community
The separation of professions," wrote Adam Ferguson, friend to Adam Smith and the father of sociology, in 1767, "seems to promise improvement of skill, and is actually the cause why the productions...
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Experiments in Ethics
Philosophy in the 20th century conceived of itself as distinct from empirical disciplines. Kwame Anthony Appiah's project is to bring economics, psychology and philosophy back together; to...