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COVER STORY
Elite v-cs fear 'end of road' for concentration of research
1 January 2009
2008 RAE results herald a much thinner spread of funds across the sector. Zoe Corbyn reports
NEWS
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RAE reviewers accused of going over the top on scores
RAE reviewers accused of going over the top on scores
1 January 2009
Concerns about 'grade inflation' as panels 'put too many people in the 4* box'. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Lone stars enjoy chance to shine
Lone stars enjoy chance to shine
1 January 2009
University of Brighton physics department's only representative is delighted by her achievement
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Elite v-cs fear 'end of road' for concentration of research
1 January 2009
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The rise and fall of research powers
1 January 2009
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'Give students smart drugs on demand to aid study'
1 January 2009
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Post-92 snobbery lingers on - in new universities
1 January 2009
ONLINE COLUMNISTS
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Results are out, spin is in
29 December 2008
Managers have gone to work on the RAE figures, and now Gloria Monday does not know if her university has gone up, down or nowhere at all. But she knows she’s unlikely to be any better off
Emotional truths
29 December 2008
The standard critical and academic response to the film
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Playing pretend
18 December 2008
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Festive faux pas
15 December 2008
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Read this T-shirt first
12 December 2008
PEOPLE
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New Year Honours 2009
1 January 2009
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Appointments
1 January 2009
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Data capture
1 January 2009
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David John Keskeys, 1953-2008
1 January 2009
TEACHING
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Rules of engagement
Rules of engagement
11 December 2008
Teaching is more than just giving information, says Dale Salwak. It's about sharing experiences to help students begin their own journeys of discovery
BOOKS
Book of the week: Margaret Mead: The Making of an American Icon
1 January 2009
For an academic, the anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-78) attracted a great deal of attention. She appeared on a US postage stamp, in cartoons, on TV, before Congress, in FBI files, in children's books, and as a character in the musical...
The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology
1 January 2009
A labour of love pays tribute to our fascination with the winged world, writes Jim Reynolds
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Screening Sex
1 January 2009
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Try to Remember: Psychiatry's Clash over Meaning, Memory and Mind
1 January 2009
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Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement
1 January 2009
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Quote, unquote
1 January 2009
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Lyric Powers
1 January 2009
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Gorbachev: Man of the Twentieth Century?
1 January 2009
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Turn over a new leaf
1 January 2009
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The week in books
1 January 2009
OPINIONS AND LEADERS
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Leader: Seek out the silver linings
Leader: Seek out the silver linings
1 January 2009
The struggle for economic recovery will present the sector with opportunities - it must seize them and put them to good use
CAREER
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Helping students prepare personal development plans
31 July 2008
Your enthusiasm could be key to engaging students in setting learning and career goals and identifying achievements they can build on.
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LAURIE TAYLOR COLUMN
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Our Vice-Chancellor's New Year Message
Our Vice-Chancellor's New Year Message
1 January 2009
As we reach this momentous moment, many of you (although by no means all of you) can look back upon 2008 with a real sense of pride. It was a year in which the RAE results confirmed Poppleton's unique position as the leading university in...
KNOW THY STUDENTS
Cartoon by Ham
1 January 2009
