Forget dreaming spires and face up to reality
For the foundation degree to thrive, the government must identify its target audience, insists Henry Seaton. Was the foundation degree a Blairite "good idea" drawn up in front of a late evening...
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Why we think health researchers should be made publicly accountable
The Harold Shipman inquiry and other high-profile cases have brought proposals for changes to make medical professionals more accountable to the government and the public. Such cases have called into...
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To go big, go private
Only the market can give the UK the higher education sector it wants, says Geoffrey Alderman. If higher education in Britain is to expand to meet national recruitment targets and training needs...
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For the record
From lab demonstrator to vice-chancellor Kel Fidler (pictured) has been appointed vice-chancellor of Northumbria University. The professor of electronics at the University of York will take over from...
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Stay up to date the (e)asy way
Alison McNab looks at the best e-solutions for keeping pace with news, research and publications without spending hours scouring the internet. Online access to primary and secondary sources...
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Tardy zealots told to shed weight
The Problem of Unpublished Excavations
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Smoother view of life
France in Focus
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Under the skin of the ordinary
Embracing The World
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In a time of Twaddell
Chemistry, Society and Environment
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Sugar cane and other tasty tips on empire building
Nature's Government
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Hannibal's fire is proof that Pliny was hot stuff
Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology
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Gurus not Saussure about their idol's work
Jacques Guy analyses a half-hearted debunking of linguistic tin gods. Roy Harris, former professor of general linguistics at Oxford, has published extensively about Ferdinand de Saussure, the Swiss...
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Minor roles eclipse stars
Zoetrope
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, has a title that might well describe its famously curmudgeonly author: "What's he like?" The winner receives a...