Such stuff as Chinese dreams are made on
Austin Williams on contrasting film treatments of a nascent superpower’s hopes and dreams
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Visa delays leave London Met students without passports
Those once threatened with deportation can’t leave, v-c tells conference
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Willetts: I don’t want research restricted
Funds are allocated on project quality not desire to support elite, says minister. Chris Parr reports
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THE Scholarly Web - 27 June 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Variety: the spice of life sciences
Pat Monaghan and Tim Birkhead call for variation to be the theme once more in university biology
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Cardiff baker’s dozen: for expiry date, check the REF
University defends short-term contracts as source criticises ‘game-playing’
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(Almost) all donations gratefully received
Universities need clear protocols for accepting money - particularly from outside the UK, argues Chris Higgins
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Leveson’s lessons for the academy
The inquiry’s recommendations echo a similar arrangement in higher education, Rob Behrens says
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‘Big science’, big hype, big mistake
We are paying too high a price for 100,000 genomes more, warns Bill Amos
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New practice in student admissions
The sector will be damaged if integrity in recruitment is lost, says Janet Graham
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The Bourgeois: Between History and Literature by Franco Moretti
Valerie Sanders relishes this considered study of a quietly worthy class of men
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Moocs? They’re a cracking good idea
Anant Agarwal, president of edX, tells Chris Parr about online learning, money - and his egg-selling entrepreneurial past
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Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens: Video Spectatorship from VHS to File Sharing by Caetlin Benson-Allott
Linnie Blake discusses a new theory of the spectator in the post-cinema age
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THE podcast: 27 June 2013 issue review
Download the podcastGeorge Osborne’s spending review speech takes centre stage in this week’s issue review podcast, which also looks at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s...
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You’ve got to have faith – in the value of universities
Core principles underpin both the church and higher education, and we mustn’t be afraid to shout about them, writes Joy Carter