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ART AND DESIGN- Monument Wars: Washington, DC, the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial LandscapeBy Kirk Savage, associate professor and chair of the department of art and...
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Impact policy needs 'more evidence'
Campaign says Treasury must appoint science adviser to articulate strategies, writes Zo? Corbyn
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Half of sector to prioritise firms' training needs
Funding chiefs want at least half of England's universities to make industry workforce-training requirements a core strategic priority.At a board meeting in February, the Higher Education Funding...
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BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT- The Elephant In the Boardroom: The Causes of Leadership DerailmentBy Adrian Furnham, professor of psychology, University College London. Palgrave Macmillan, ?25.00. ISBN...
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From where I sit - Write better to arrest book decline
The US has elected a President who glides effortlessly from reading books to surfing the internet, yet it remains no easier to imagine a sequel to "Books That Changed Our Minds", a 1939 symposium in...
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Give us a sporting chance
Whitehall's creative industries strategy is welcome, but where is its support for Britain's athletic endeavours, asks Simon Chadwick
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Appointments
Three pro vice-chancellors have been appointed at the University of Cambridge. Jennifer Barnes, president of Murray Edwards College, takes on the role of pro vice-chancellor for international...
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News in brief
Student financesScots must borrow to get byTwo thirds of Scottish students owe money to their friends and family, and more than half have taken on expensive commercial debt to fund their studies,...
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The world is at the top of the agenda across the UK
Senior managers drive international strategies to equip institutions for global future, writes Phil Baty
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We did it before...
As universities agonise over greatly reduced funding from the state, David Greenaway reminds them that they were once much more financially self-reliant and would do well to rekindle the old spirit
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Abandon ‘out-of-date’ Haldane principle on research priorities
Select committee says it’s time for ‘transparent and rigorous’ debate on publicly funded work. Melanie Newman reports
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Tapping the Riches of Science: Universities and the Promise of Economic Growth
The pressure to be economically relevant is more injurious than implied here, says Graham Farmelo
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Tara Brabazon: From little things big things grow
Monographs are miniatures of scholarship, but some people artfully build them into microcosmic extravaganzas that inspire Tara Brabazon
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Restructure or die, funding chief tells cash-hit universities
Hard times will force hard decisions as the sector is told to tighten its belt. Phil Baty reports
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News in brief
Pakistani studentsImmigration officials release twoTwo Pakistani students arrested in April on suspicion of terrorism offences have been released by the immigration authorities. The men, who had...