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Interview with Vanessa Toulmin

Circus expert Vanessa Toulmin explains how growing up on a fairground has shaped her academic career, teaching style and approach to life

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Related articles

Lyndsey Stonebridge: no one should have to apologise for their place in the academy

Thomas Maschmeyer: universities create tools, but companies help people to use them

Tarunabh Khaitan: academics must challenge and expose power

Lee Cronin: down with the excellence frameworks

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Cardiff University

Durham University

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