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  1. Brand appeal on uneven keel

    Keele University has become the latest institution to make a rather embarrassing jump onto the branding bandwagon. "Love: Keele" is its new identity. The design team says this new initiative will "...

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  2. Not quite fully wired up

    Swansea University went all out to score points for hipness last week, with vice-chancellor Richard Davies turning up at a rock concert brandishing awards. Professor Davies took the stage before a...

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  4. Mix in with mandarins

    As party manifestos come under scrutiny, Nick Pearce asks why so few academics help make policy When that other Jean-Paul (Sartre) died, thousands turned out on the streets of Paris to mourn his...

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  5. Lost opportunity left in limbo

    The end of the NHSU represents a failure of vision and public-sector values, argues Andy Pike The demise of the National Health Service University is a sorry affair. It was a Labour manifesto...

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  6. Enlightened by a brush with PR and prizes

    In her role as judge for a book award, Maria Misra is a convert to a bit of competition My life has been submerged in a sea of books. Blockbuster histories, literary lives, war stories, political...

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  7. Oh mother! It's time for you to meet the parents

    Addressing families' concerns must be a priority, says Mandy Garner Academics tend to groan when you mention the subject of parents. Whereas, in the past, parents often stayed in the background, the...

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  8. How to listen

    When teaching students from a range of cultural backgrounds, it's vital to ensure all voices are heard without being obsessively PC, says Harriet Swain An Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotswoman, a...

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  9. Teacher audit

    * Name: Deborah Murdoch Eaton * Age: 45 * Job details: I am a practising paediatrician specialising in rehabilitation after acquired brain injury, and also professor in medical education at Leeds...

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  10. Who got that job?

    Richard Barker has landed the job of promoting what promises to be one of the most powerful research tools available to UK academics. The National Centre for Text Mining, a world first, is a £1...

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  11. Scots to phase out fixed-term contract

    Fixed-term research posts are being phased out by Scottish universities although there is no sign of an improvement in salaries for those moving from temporary contracts. The Scottish Higher...

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  12. Title, peace of mind... and a mortgage

    In 2000, Mohammed Kishk , a PhD student at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, began work as a research assistant on a two-year fixed-term contract. It proved ideal timing since, in May 2002, RGU...

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  13. La Constitution européenne dans l'espace

    Brussels, 14 Apr 2005 Demain, vendredi 15 avril 2005, l'astronaute italien Roberto Vittori emportera la Constitution de l'Union jusqu'à l'ISS (Station spatiale internationale), &agrave...