Chemists: public backs STEM spending formula
The public's view that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects offer the best value for money strengthens the case for prioritising the preservation of their funding at the...
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GovernanceCatalogue of errors, nothing moreAn investigation into senior staff at London Metropolitan University has concluded that there is no case for disciplinary action after the financial crisis...
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Hutton pensions plan hits pockets
Higher contributions mooted as universities call for freedom from public schemes. John Morgan writes
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Mixed inheritance
Born of UN efforts to prop up the great powers, the Declaration of Human Rights' legacy matches its odd origins, argues Jon E. Wilson
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Lupus in fabula
Paul Gauguin is the subject of a major international exhibition. Alex Danchev considers the Conradian life of the artist, his restlessness, his knack for self-publicity, his carefully crafted 'savage...
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Bran Nue Dae
Musical-loathing Duncan Wu is won over by the bright-hued cheek of an Aboriginal song and dance
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Daytime TV: Buon appetito
Old flames quaff too much Chianti over lunch, says Gary Day, while a copycat killer stalks the East End
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Diary
BirminghamCardinal John Henry NewmanCardinal Newman (1801-90), who was beatified on 19 September by Pope Benedict XVI, had close connections with the city of Birmingham, where he founded the Oratory...
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The Pick - Hues and cries turned inside out
Turner Prize 2010Tate BritainUntil 3 January 2011This year's Turner Prize nominees, whose work is now on display at Tate Britain in London, are well chosen to arouse the usual mixture of enthusiasm,...
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More and more and more
Our vice-chancellor has described the 35 per cent increase in managerial staff at Poppleton during the past four years as "a most promising development".He told our reporter, Keith Ponting (30), that...
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Not just how, but why
Insight and independent thinking are truly vocational skills, argues Alan Ryan
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste - Often absent, ever near
For years, Valmagne in the South of France is the place Bernard Ramanantsoa has escaped to for light, freedom and a reminder of Christian morality
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Leader: A gamble on the market
Lord Browne's review could herald a bloody shake-out and damage the fabric of a sector that 'matters' to all of society
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From where I sit - World-class aims demand quality
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010-11 featured six universities from mainland China, two from Turkey and none from India. The easiest defence for India is to attack the...