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  1. No ceiling in this job

    Robin Morse has quit as head of King's College London's law school, with the reason rumoured to be the somewhat unsavoury state of the school's buildings. The final straw is reported to have been...

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  2. Ta ta to Mockintosh

    Charles Rennie Mackintosh is being abandoned by the Glasgow School of Art. The school is ditching the Mackintosh style in its logo and publicity material for a "stunning new corporate identity". This...

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  3. Don's Diary

    Sunday In East Berlin - yes, it still exists 11 years after the fall of the wall - the clocks really do tick differently. We are sitting at a café near our flat in Prenzlauer Berg, the Primrose Hill...

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  4. Elite come before equality

    Despite its 'openness', the best French higher education is tailored for the middle classes, Ruth Morse writes. The French higher education system has never been entirely free and open but it has...

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  5. Eyewitness: California boosts diversity

    Starting this month, students with top academic credentials seeking to enter the University of California will no longer be guaranteed places. In the boldest attempt yet by a US institution to...

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  6. Universities drowning under dual tidal waves

    If the treasury keeps making academic judgements, it may have no universities left. I will not say that relations between universities and the state have never been as bad as they are in this country...

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  7. Blair plans to create elite research tier

    Prime minister Tony Blair is behind a plan to create an elite tier of research universities in the biggest shake-up of higher education in a decade. The government's plan would lead to the...

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  8. For the record

    12 centres to focus on innovation for industry Science minister Lord Sainsbury will launch 12 new research centres in a £120 million collaboration between the Engineering and Physical Sciences...

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  9. A past laid out upon a table

    Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks tells his great-niece Eugenie Samuels why in his latest book he felt compelled to revisit his childhood. Eugenie Samuels : Uncle Tungsten is the first one of your...

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  10. Academic freedom versus the last taboo

    After claims that a sociologist abused research into paedophilia, Olga Wojtas looks at the case for a code of conduct. Next month, Glasgow University's senate is expected to discuss an investigation...

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  11. They are not dumb - which is why they're quitting academe

    Lack of stimulation at undergraduate level discourages intellectuals from a scholarly life, argues Frank Furedi. A couple of years ago, when I complained about the diminishing intellectual content of...

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  13. Strategic players in tactical retreats

    Scholars usually play an expert if discreet role in Britain's councils of war. But, argues Brendan Simms, while their advice can be valuable, their reluctance to contradict the official line can be...

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