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  1. Lie low to aim high

    Roger Kline, former head of universities at lecturers' union Natfhe, may be rather pleased with his new role in the fledgling University and College Union, which many believe does not make best use...

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  2. Hunt in the open season

    Peep admires the UCU for divulging the e-mail addresses of its joint general secretaries, so members can go straight to the top with their concerns and compliments. But the move may have backfired -...

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  3. Deterred by dim sums

    A senior member of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service gave a candid account of why applications were marginally down this year. "It's the thick middle classes," she told a conference...

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  4. Traveller's unrest

    It may be all the rage to improve links between UK universities and India, but pity the vice-chancellors who risk Delhi belly. Michael Arthur, vice-chancellor of Leeds University, was even refused...

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  6. The shout heard 'round the world

    Christopher Hitchens praises Thomas Paine, a revolutionary who introduced the concept of 'rights' to the common 'man' I recently gave a lunchtime talk on the relevance of Thomas Paine at the...

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  7. One down - but there's always one more to go

    As Bush strikes al-Zarqawi off his list and adds a new name, he deliberately perpetuates his endless war, says David Keen Identifiable and immobile, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's battered face frozen within...

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  8. Excitement no money can buy

    If we spark students' idealism and curiosity, they may begin to see us as more than paid servants, says Frank Furedi Major events such as the recent industrial action provide social scientists with...

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  9. Look out for the sound argument

    If you have students with dyslexia who have problems learning, you can help by podcasting lectures or using a more visual approach, and being open to new ways of presenting work, says Harriet Swain...

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  10. The eternal lunch....it's a hard life

    Name : David Latchman Age : 50 Job : Master of Birkbeck, University of London, and professor of genetics at Birkbeck and University College London Salary : As published in The Times Higher !...

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  11. Ask the panel

    Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I have been employed for more than four years on fixed-term contracts, but my...

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  12. Who's in who's out?

    Lancaster John Schad will leave Loughborough University to become professor of modern literature at Lancaster University in September. As the author of a forthcoming experimental book on Jacques...

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  13. 'Dinosaur' economists must lose 'dismal' image

    Economics departments need to review old-fashioned teaching methods and shake off the discipline's image as stuffy and boring, a report says. A number of academics who took part in a telephone survey...

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