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  1. Oxford's crown slips

    While today's results of the research assessment exercise are generally good, not everyone improved. Take, for example, the University of Oxford's submission for history, which slipped from 5* to 5....

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  2. Powerful speakers

    Darwin College, Cambridge, has announced its lecture series for 2002, which will be on the theme of "power". Speakers will include veteran politician Tony Benn and Mary Archer. The college is keeping...

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  3. Just Warwick

    The University of Warwick is undergoing a rebranding. It is dropping the stuffy old crest from its logo, replacing it with a stronger emphasis on the word Warwick. A draft consultation paper on the...

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  4. Say what?

    The Diary congratulates the University of Dundee for winning a Golden Bull from the Plain English Campaign. Every year, the campaign group hands out eight such awards for the worst abuses of the...

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  5. Taking time out

    Congratulations to Mike Donn-elly, dean of Paisley University's business school, who is taking leave of absence from higher education after being appointed principal special adviser to Scotland's new...

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  6. Boom and bust

    A late entry for the 2001 Nonsense on Stilts prize comes from the normally rational Save British Science. Director Peter Cotgreave points out that the 100th anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi's first...

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  7. Win-win situation helps UK research stay on top

    The results of the 2001 research assessment exercise should be celebrated, says Howard Newby. By any measure, the results of the 2001 research assessment exercise are impressive. They demonstrate...

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  8. A risk of dissension

    To widen access, Tony Blair may have to antagonise Middle England, says Wendy Piatt. Only the most cynical would doubt the government's earnestness about widening participation in higher education....

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  9. Hitting target will not be cheap

    Attracting more school pupils into higher education requires greater resources, says Diana Warwick. Expansion of higher education means social inclusion. What might have been seen as a moral...

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