Excellence and innovation in the arts
Queen Mary, University of London. Performing Medicine, which brings together medicine and drama, was established a year ago, and it has since programmed and delivered more than 40 different arts-...
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University of the year
Exeter University. Exeter University has always had a lot going for it: academic reputation, one of the UK's most picturesque campuses and social cachet. So when Steve Smith became vice-chancellor in...
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Lifetime achievement
Sir Peter Mansfield. Sir Peter Mansfield, the physicist and Nobel laureate, has been on a remarkable journey since leaving school aged 15 with seemingly limited prospects. The southeast London boy,...
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Religion sets out its stall
After God
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Cultivating hope in the darkest of days
Culture Counts
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Greek fire and purple majesty
Byzantium
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an author who was on the side of angels: "Along the western slopes of the Oregon Coastal Range ......
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Show the man and his work, not myth
The Chomsky Effect
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Tough new hurdle for top researchers
Hefce reveals full details of citation replacement for research assessment exercise. Zoe Corbyn reports. Academics will have to have their research papers cited by their peers at least three times...
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Credit where it isn't due on rise
Anecdotal evidence points to senior academics unjustly demanding co- authorship of junior researchers' papers, writes Tariq Tahir. Cases in which a senior academic takes credit as a co-author on a...
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Blog MP shares vision of slashing academia
Half the university courses on offer should be scrapped, and the brightest students should be paid to go to university. These are the views of an MP who is set to scrutinise government policy on...
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'Larkin's presence is still felt but that wasn't on my mind when I accepted'
An eminent writer has joined Hull University, which has played to host some of Britain's best-known poets. The opportunity to inspire budding writers has enticed one of the country's most eminent...
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On the move
Salford University has appointed Jonathan Parke , formerly at Nottingham Trent University, as lecturer and senior researcher in the Centre for the Study of Gambling. - David Bradshaw , former...
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Scottish universities' budget hopes dashed
A university funding shortfall in Scotland could leave the UK with a two-tier system, it was claimed this week, writes Tariq Tahir. Universities Scotland asked for a funding package that would have...