22 April 2010
The campus vote - Students and academics ramp up for a show of political clout
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Staff in capital call for strikes
UCU ballots produce majorities backing industrial action at UCL and Westminster. John Morgan reports
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There is such a thing as sociology at Birmingham
Plan to scrap the subject is dropped along with threat of compulsory redundancies. John Morgan reports
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Take the heat out of trial by fire
Tara Brabazon offers 10 tips to make doctoral candidates’ oral examinations less of an ordeal
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Terminal diagnosis for UCL’s history of medicine centre
Wellcome Trust-funded unit set to close within two years. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Plans turn to ashes
Scholars stranded by volcanic eruption think creatively as travel mayhem affects the academy. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Further dilution of homeopathy offerings
Robert Gordon scraps CAM course due to lack of interest. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Lost children of the audit revolution
Once upon a time, the academy saw its role as subjecting prevailing ideologies to a critical eye. But after decades of political pressure, it has surrendered its independence and lost its soul,...
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University Alliance’s latest member
Glasgow Caledonian exits Million+ to join other ‘business-focused universities’ with matching values. Melanie Newman reports
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Scholar pens Green Party manifesto
Keele lecturer’s work calls for end to tuition fees and a ban on animal experiments. Melanie Newman reports
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Fewer dropouts, more state students
Hesa figures show modest changes in vital indices. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Singh triumphant
Science writer counts the costs as British Chiropractic Association abandons libel claim. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Book of the week: March of the Microbes
Jon Turney on a microbiologist's ambitious project to captivate us with minuscule wonders
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About Faces: Physiognomy in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Alan Collins on a Victorian pseudo-science that addressed fears of the anonymous urban 'other'
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A World by Itself: A History of the British Isles
In his 1942 essay "The Rediscovery of Europe", George Orwell gave a tongue-in-cheek assessment of historical periodisation in schoolboy history: "Think of history as a sort of long scroll with thick...