Keep it stupid, simple
Is dumbing down a reality on UK campuses? Most respondents to our online poll highlighted dangers to academic standards, but they were split about whether degrees are worth less than they were before...
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23 October 2008
Dumb. Adj. slow to learn; lacking intellectual acuity; - Are academic standards really falling?
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, Nottingham
1. Frank Wood's Business Accounting: Volume One by Frank Wood and Alan Sangster; Prentice Hall, £36.99; ISBN 978037121212. Economics by N. Gregory Mankiw and Mark P. Taylor; South-Western, £44.99;...
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Currency conversions
It's credit where due, says Tom Rutter, in this account of the monetary context of the Bard's work
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Book of the week: The Age of Wonder
Richard Sha explores the influence of science on Romanticism
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The week in books
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy by Lawrence Lessig, professor of law, Stanford University. Avery Publications, £20.00 and £12.99, ISBN 9781594201721 and 408113479"Lessig...
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A life played out on centre page
Sean Matthews discusses Raymond Williams' reliance on his own life experiences in his work
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Secrets of the Hoary Deep: A Personal History of Modern Astronomy
In the past four decades X-ray astronomy has completely transformed astrophysics, and the discoveries made by space missions devoted to X-ray astronomy have contributed greatly to our knowledge of...
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Competing Voices from the Crusades: Fighting Words
This book is an interesting and ambitious concept, aiming to present Latin Christian, Muslim and Byzantine voices from the Crusades and, to quote the editors, to allow readers "to determine for...
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Anglo-Catholicism: A Study in Religious Ambiguity
The popular perception of the Church of England, and of Anglicanism more generally, is of a denomination in conflict between opposing camps of conservatives and liberals. While the terms of this...
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Published this week
ART AND DESIGNThe Aesthetics of UncertaintyBy Janet Wolff, professor of performance, screen and visual cultures, University of ManchesterColumbia University Press, £20.50ISBN 9780231140966Wolff...
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From where I sit - The only thing that counts is jobs
In Australia, it has never cost so much to go to university. Consequently, students are no longer buying an education; they are buying a commodity they expect will lead to a job so they can pay off...
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Wait a minute, Mr Postman!
Our vice-chancellor was yesterday forced to apologise to David Lammy, the new Minister for Higher Education, for what he described as "a most unfortunate clerical error".According to inside sources,...
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Cross purposes
Alan Ryan wishes John Denham would build bridges instead of picking fights
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Leader: Shift could endanger foundation
In offering colleges new powers, the Government could find that it damages the very qualifications it set out to improve and extend