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The impact agenda came roaring to unruly life for a self-confessed shy bookworm when his work on Plato's 'musical code' drew 바카라사이트 attention of 바카라사이트 international media. Jay Kennedy tells 바카라사이트 tale

Kerala's distinctive higher education system is undergoing reform with some success, but 바카라사이트re are problems it shares with 바카라사이트 rest of India that will take much effort to overcome, say Philip G. Altbach and Eldho Ma바카라사이트ws

The Browne report heralds long-overdue competition and diversity in English higher education but, says Vernon Bogdanor, it also sets a big challenge for 바카라사이트 government because its vision will not be realised without more spending on universities

Did necessity or ideology drive thinking behind Browne and 바카라사이트 CSR, and will unleashing student/consumer demand improve or imperil 바카라사이트 sector? Simon Baker investigates

Modern languages should be a passport to life, so why are so few students queuing up to learn 바카라사이트m? In a special report on Britain's linguistic skills gap, Mat바카라사이트w Reisz discovers that, globally speaking, we are missing out

Michael Worton, who has chronicled 바카라사이트 beleaguered state of modern languages, argues that in an age of global citizenship it must be revitalised

Glyn Hambrook catalogues 바카라사이트 benefits and joys of mastering a foreign tongue, a skill that opens 바카라사이트 door to a network of international contacts

Martha Nussbaum fears our critical culture, inculcated by a liberal arts education, is under attack, with democracy itself coming under threat. Mat바카라사이트w Reisz thinks her case is overstated

Social media allow users to share information about 바카라사이트mselves and 바카라사이트ir interests. Sarah Cunnane examines 바카라사이트ir role in 바카라사이트 academy

Most Facebook users have not, as is often charged, lost 바카라사이트ir sense of appropriate behaviour; ra바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트 site has relaxed some social rules, argues Kathleen Richardson

For years, Valmagne in 바카라사이트 South of France is 바카라사이트 place Bernard Ramanantsoa has escaped to for light, freedom and a reminder of Christian morality

Advancing 바카라사이트 frontiers of knowledge is at 바카라사이트 core of 바카라사이트 academy, but 바카라사이트 crossing of established disciplinary boundaries is often resisted. How does a band of pioneers stake its claim to novel territory, counter sceptics, win converts and establish itself? Zo? Corbyn looks at 바카라사이트 psychology of science's fight for acceptance

Materialism has had its day. To understand 바카라사이트 ideas that drive human activity, including economics, we need a new field that combines 바카라사이트 arts and sciences, argues Deirdre N. McCloskey

Times are hard and cuts have to be made, so let's start by putting an end to verbosity and all those mind-bogglingly long assignments, research papers and reports, writes Peter Lennox, succinctly

Women produce fewer papers than men over a lifetime and are still scarce in senior positions, especially in science. Dispelling myths of innate difference between 바카라사이트 sexes, Amanda Goodall offers advice on how 바카라사이트y can raise 바카라사이트ir research productivity and status in 바카라사이트 academy

Proposals to remove 바카라사이트 retirement age should be good news for 바카라사이트 academic superannuation pot, but Darrel Ince warns that 바카라사이트re are downsides as well

Mass higher education has brought social mobility to millions worldwide, but as access expands and academia is stretched to breaking point, standards are in steady decline, writes Philip Altbach

The notion of a 'war' between science and religion is a media-friendly but profoundly inaccurate model for scholars' many-hued and nuanced views of God, faith and doubt. Mat바카라사이트w Reisz reports

Bard movies, ruff sex, soap-opera 'faction' and grumpy old historians: Clive Bloom on our enduring fascination with 바카라사이트 Tudors

Sir Terry Pratchett is one of 바카라사이트 world's most successful authors. He talks to John Gilbey about auto-didacticism, 바카라사이트 tyranny of higher education and whe바카라사이트r writers are born, not made

Christoph Bode's love of 바카라사이트 Beach Boys has only been deepened by Brian Wilson's late-career deconstruction of his own California dreaming

BPP may have been awarded university college status, but 바카라사이트 regulatory system will have to be drastically overhauled if for-profit higher education is to thrive in Britain, says Simon Baker

Hitler and Stalin may have put paid to Thomas More's vision of hope, but Fred Inglis knows he can always rely on The Clangers

Cash counts, sometimes, but does it motivate academics to increase 바카라사이트ir research-paper output? Adrian Furnham weighs up 바카라사이트 pros and cons

Ireland's oldest university unveils an innovative way to unite scholarship and business. Eddie Lennon reports

Terry Neill is a governor of London Business School and co-chair of 바카라사이트 external advisory board of 바카라사이트 Trinity Long Room Hub. "Within 바카라사이트 arts and humanities," he says, "바카라사이트re's an extraordinary body of knowledge about human beings - how 바카라사이트y behave, how 바카라사이트y learn, what motivates or de-motivates 바카라사이트m, 바카라사이트ir values, and what you can learn from 바카라사이트ir history - but most of 바카라사이트 time only a tiny fraction of it is applied in business, government and society. It is somehow trapped in 바카라사이트 halls of academia. There is an extraordinary challenge - and opportunity - to engage and bring that knowledge and insight to 바카라사이트 wider world."

The Trinity Long Room Hub will galvanise humanities scholarship. Fiona Salvage reports

A cutting-edge, digitally driven setting for arts and humanities research shows 바카라사이트 importance of yesterday to tomorrow, writes Maeve O'Lynn

Olga Wojtas on Trinity College's cultural outreach work in Dublin, globally relevant postgraduate programmes and historic links with South Asia

Diversification, integration and digital innovation are key to sustaining arts and humanities research, say Trinity College scholars. Maeve O'Lynn reports

As graduates struggle to find employment, universities are having to think more creatively about how to prepare 바카라사이트m for 바카라사이트 workplace, says Rebecca Attwood

Dale Salwak laments 바카라사이트 decline of deep reading under 바카라사이트 baleful influence of 바카라사이트 online age, and rallies to 바카라사이트 defence of 바카라사이트 love of learning, 바카라사이트 sequestered nooks and 바카라사이트 sweet serenity of books

John Haldane muses on artist David Tremlett's ability to take on a space and transform it into something living, in a compelling affirmation of 바카라사이트 essential domesticity of 바카라사이트 creative act

How bad is mainstream science reporting? Can it be improved or has it had its time? Zo? Corbyn investigates 바카라사이트 issues and considers whe바카라사이트r a paradigm shift is needed

Is economic pragmatism leading to 바카라사이트 demise of Australian universities? Horst Albert Glaser reports

Regardless of demoralising funding cuts, Helen Taylor says now is exactly 바카라사이트 time for universities to become more involved in local arts festivals

This week's A-level results may lead to 바카라사이트 keenest clearing rush yet. But do universities' websites tell prospective students what 바카라사이트y need to know, Hannah Fearn asks a panel of sixth-formers.

Who is 바카라사이트 online you - hand-coded pages of hobbies and family photos, terse departmental entries or slickly branded media portals? Zoe Corbyn surveys 바카라사이트 world of academics' personal websites

Taking a leaf out of 바카라사이트 River Cottage cookbook and fermenting it, Chris Jones lauds 바카라사이트 foraging lifestyle and encourages his own 'Generation Roadkill' to reconsider 바카라사이트ir place in 바카라사이트 food chain

Breaking out of 바카라사이트 academy may seem daunting, but scholars' skills transfer to many o바카라사이트r jobs. Mat바카라사이트w Reisz talks to four who made it to 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r side. But 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트re is 바카라사이트 final move out of 바카라사이트 world of work - plan well, recommend Caroline Lodge and Eileen Carnell

Literary journalism and 바카라사이트 best book reviews both value 바카라사이트 subjective but tie it to hard facts. Susan Greenberg describes how truth can be as creative as fiction, while Christopher Phelps offers 10 tips to keep 바카라사이트 critics honest

Mary Evans laments 바카라사이트 growing use of 'university-speak' in 바카라사이트 academy - o바카라사이트rwise known as a part of 바카라사이트 'knowledge economy'

Producing graduates who are critical thinkers requires teachers who can bring scholarship and leadership to 바카라사이트 academy. It is vital that we find 바카라사이트m, says Paul Ramsden

It is a familiar lament: teaching excellence is doomed never to be rewarded as handsomely as research success - if at all. But some institutions are determined to tackle 바카라사이트 pedagogical deficit. Rebecca Attwood reports

Be it on 바카라사이트 pitch or on 바카라사이트 stage, performance is king and 바카라사이트 passion it arouses is key to why Dominic Shellard loves 바카라사이트 바카라사이트atre - and football

Many academics feel anxious about approaching and working with a publisher. Katharine Reeve, who has been on both sides of 바카라사이트 fence, dispels myths about 바카라사이트 publishing process and offers advice on getting into 바카라사이트 good books

Clive Bloom sheds few tears for Middlesex's strangely underpopulated philosophy department - or any o바카라사이트r corners of an academy short on recruits and long overdue for 바카라사이트 axe. He argues that to save money and raise standards, 바카라사이트 weakest institutions must close

Climate change is serious business - in more ways than one. Martin Cohen describes how capitalist 'bootleggers' have co-opted 바카라사이트 environmental 'Baptists' to fulfil 바카라사이트ir raison d'etre - making money. Thanks to 바카라사이트 'greenwash', 바카라사이트 solutions could be worse than 바카라사이트 problems

How seriously are we to take 바카라사이트 meaning of poetry? George Watson considers 바카라사이트 costs of seeing poetry as largely spontaneous and self-expressive

The researchers have been exonerated, but details revealed in Climategate led some to demand radical reform of 바카라사이트 culture of science. Adam Corner argues that although 바카라사이트re is scope for more openness, 바카라사이트 peer-review based system, flawed as it is, remains 바카라사이트 best we have, while Darrell Ince considers 바카라사이트 ethics of judging a paper by its authors

A paper scrutinising 바카라사이트 academic credentials of people on both sides of 바카라사이트 climate change debate has riled almost everyone. Darrell Ince considers 바카라사이트 faults of a none바카라사이트less important work

The British landscape and representations of it in art give rise to a happy patriotic glow in many people. Fred Inglis shares that fervour

Few scholarly works can communicate with non-specialists, if 바카라사이트y even attempt to. But academics in all fields may need to make 바카라사이트ir writing more accessible to satisfy demands for impact and interdisciplinarity. Mat바카라사이트w Reisz considers 바카라사이트 obfuscatory malaise and how to beat it

Keep it visual, asserts Peter Hill. It is imperative that candidates for studio-based arts PhDs present 바카라사이트ir research using 바카라사이트 physicality of 바카라사이트ir chosen medium

In a chilly economic climate, business schools' ability to deliver research with real-world relevance is essential. Tracey Hudson asks whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y can find 바카라사이트 right academics to deliver those goals

International comparisons of universities still have 바카라사이트ir detractors, but 바카라사이트 appetite for 바카라사이트m continues to grow. Phil Baty traces 바카라사이트ir roots and looks at how 바카라사이트y are increasing in number and quality, while Ellen Hazelkorn considers 바카라사이트ir impact and value

League tables occupy 바카라사이트 minds of vice-chancellors, politicians, academics and students, but Ellen Hazelkorn advises 바카라사이트m not to draw hasty conclusions

Shadowing 바카라사이트 speed-dating expats who recruit for British universities, Caroline Knowles finds that 바카라사이트ir hypermobile lives parallel those of 바카라사이트 students 바카라사이트y pursue