Mind your tongue
What an unpopular chap Raphael Salkie is likely to be around the University of Oxford ("Strange death of Oxford linguistics", August). He begins his gracious, intelligent and even-tempered discussion...
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Back to school
There are many problems with what Richard Austen-Baker says about teaching in schools and universities (Letters, 10 September).First, the idea that school teaching is simply meant to "maximise...
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Why the cradle fell
The nursery that was closed in June at the University of the West of England was the smaller of two ("Union fights for campus creches", 10 September). It was situated in one of the smaller campuses...
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Actually, it was here first
Your news item states that the University of Nottingham's Samworth Academy is the first academy to be sponsored by a university ("Take them higher", 10 September). The Merchants' Academy, jointly...
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Practise what you preach
You say that education suffers because teaching gets no respect (Leader, 10 September). This must change, and academics must start with themselves, you add. I find it lamentable that Times Higher...
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Save the children
Initial responses to my research on paedophilia originally led me to conclude that there is no consensus among academics on the harmfulness of adult sexual contact with children ("Paedophilia...
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My eureka moment: A breath of fresh air
Standing on the Old Man of Coniston in Cumbria, Jonathan Bate clearly saw how the Romantics laid the foundations of modern ecocriticism
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The seven deadly sins of the academy
Matthew Reisz and our seven guest contributors lift the lid on the rampant wickedness troubling the sanctity of our hallowed universities
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My eureka moment
A series in which academics describe a personal epiphany
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Objectionable content
Having waded through her complete works, Gerald L. Houseman concludes that there should never, ever be an Ayn Rand revival
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17 September 2009
Seven deadly sins - What are the worst scholarly vices?
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‘Mickey-Mouse’ degrees are lucrative, too
League tables show usual suspects and post-92 vocational graduates fare well in the job market. Hannah Fearn reports
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Sector’s funding quangos under scrutiny
Mandelson announces review to cut ‘overlapping bureaucracies and duplicated programmes’.
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“Bigwig” ushered “nonsense” paper into top journal, say scientists
An article claiming caterpillars and butterflies evolved separately has attracted widespread criticism, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Leeds Met expenses probe 'exonerates' Lee
KPMG finds no evidence of wrongdoing, but discovers cases of non-compliant practice among management. Melanie Newman reports