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It takes more than 140 characters to raise a mob, says Kevin Fong

Mark Burnley is baffled by the decision not to tell academics how their work has been scored. How will improvement ever be possible?

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Is the 51³Ô¹Ï ¡®exam howlers¡¯ competition a bit of harmless fun, or unfair and offensive? Katie Alcock believes the joke is on teachers as well as their students and no one is any the worse for it, but Alice Bell finds little to smile about

Cutting-edge researchers aren¡¯t necessarily the best teachers, argues Alan Ryan

Education¡¯s true aims comprise a very short list, says Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto

The EPSRC's funding shift from investigator-driven work to application-driven R&D is misguided, says Philip Moriarty

Richard J. Evans weighs a High Court judgment that awarded an academic ?65,000 in damages for negative coverage of her work

Technology is, of course, an aid to education, says Frank Webster, but we must teach students how to evaluate and filter information

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In the scrum for AABs, elite institutions risk putting themselves beyond the reach of disadvantaged students

The AAB plans could limit choice, narrow participation and damage the UK's reputation, Christopher Snowden argues

Criticism of graduate nursing is an evidence-free zone, Roger Watson argues: mastering the job requires academic ability as well as skill

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Universities cannot be truly competitive unless they can set pay locally. Like it or not, national bargaining is a dead duck

Citations and impact factors are old hat, says Matthew Gamble; the Web 2.0 generation needs metrics to match today¡¯s scholarship

We must listen to the Continent¡¯s sounds and sweet airs, says Malcolm Gillies

The Australian 'education revolution' is making progress, although there are still challenges to be overcome, writes Peter Coaldrake

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A loud voice alone is not enough to merit a hearing, says Steven Schwartz

Partnerships between public and private institutions are key to weathering these uncertain times, says James Kirkbride

The regulatory regime outlined in the White Paper may lighten the bureaucratic burden but it has its dangers, warns Roger King

Simon Marginson on an Australian seminar that considered the local implications of the 'English experiment' with humanities funding

Higher fees will lead to greater student indebtedness, so we need new ways to 'sell' this fact, argues Kathryn Jones

What can a Dutch traffic experiment show us about higher education teaching standards? Rather a lot, Gary Thomas and Nick Peim insist

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Sally Feldman hails the e-book¡¯s rise - but many won¡¯t abandon the paper trail

The government's access proposals are contradictory and timid - they should be bolder, declares Graeme Atherton

We should not be so dismissive of back-office staff, for not only are they vital to the academy, they are human, Paul Greatrix says

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Graduate-entry medicine should be spared the fees fallout, argues Kevin Fong

With its brittle certainty, uncertainty and risky punts, the White Paper will win few hearts, especially among students, says Sir David Watson

Alan Ryan considers whether traditional university education has run its race

Don't be put off by the Commission on a Bill of Rights, say Colin Harvey and Colm O'Cinneide - we must engage with it

The White Paper lacks vision: the coalition's short-termism must give way to long-term thinking, Libby Hackett says

Mike Boxall and Paul Woodgates consider the attitudes to the new academic order revealed by PA Consulting's latest v-c survey

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The government's proposals promise radicalism. But, born of compromise and fudge, they betray a disturbing lack of vision

Using peer review to reflect the holistic nature of journal 'output' would mitigate the REF, argues Keith Kahn-Harris

The sector doesn't need a Byzantine White Paper, says Aldwyn Cooper: it needs clear criteria, empowered universities and greater diversity

Move over, 'helicopter parents': a new model is strafing the US sector and is on its way here. Peter Gumbel offers an early warning

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Scrapping degree classifications for US-style GPAs represents a long-overdue step to modernise accounts of student achievement

We all lose when scholars forfeit copyright, says Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto

On the eve of the White Paper, Steve West reflects on the passion, partnerships and diversity that will stand the sector in good stead

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Malcolm Gillies on how percentages can both reveal and obscure truths

New College is a necessary response to a state-run model that denudes our precious autonomy, argues Frank Furedi

The rich were once expert at getting their way, but the failure of their revolt against fees signals tough times ahead, argues George Watson