Detect and instruct
It would be surprising if many academics believed that there was a "silver bullet" that would eliminate plagiarism through a detection system alone ("Don't count on a 'silver bullet'", 19 January)....
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Compound the error
In response to the shortage of helium for his research, Ray Dolan, a professor at University College London's Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, suggests that in the long run it might be...
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Rich vision, pretty pattern (1 of 2)
The anonymous writer of "Poverty of vision pays well" (Letters, 19 January) underestimates the depth of each vice-chancellor's vision, which today far exceeds a mere preoccupation with league tables....
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Rich vision, pretty pattern (2 of 2)
Four profiles of vice-chancellors' policy advisers ("Who let them in?", 19 January): all young[ish] and female. Hardly a scientific sample, I admit, but the typical UK vice-chancellor: old[er] and...
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Film review: The Descendants
The idyllic island backdrop may pall but the chemistry between George Clooney and his clan ignites the film, says Will Brooker
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TV review: Gypsy Blood: True Stories
Fist-fighting is a way of life for Gypsy communities. It may seem brutal, says Gary Day, but it is at least fair
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David Price, 1954-2012
As well as being a renowned expert on the legal and ethical aspects of organ donation, David Price was a man of wide interests, ranging from tennis to sudoku to hill walking.Born in 1954, Professor...
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Campus round-up
University of HullSlavery isn't historyA project will address one of the contemporary world's most pressing - yet often overlooked - human rights concerns. In 2007, many UK schools marked the 200th...
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Odds and quads
These images are taken from an ornately designed leather-bound scrapbook, now in the collection of the Humanities Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, that Jane Webb Loudon (1807-58) seems...
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26 January 2012
Alternative route - Higher education bill’s suspension may not affect coalition destination
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Obama calls for state budgets to prioritise higher education
Barack Obama has called on state departments to prioritise higher education in their budgets – but has warned universities that spiralling tuition will be met with a cut in taxpayer funding.
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Hunt over-ruled on ballot as new strike action looms
The University and College Union is moving towards another strike in newer universities over lecturers’ pensions.
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New service to help universities internationalise
The government has launched a new cross-department venture to encourage universities to expand internationally.
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Sussex to close community engagement programmes
The University of Sussex has been urged to rethink a decision to close most of its lifelong learning department.