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BREAKING NEWS
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Scientific advisers demand fresh start with Government
6 November 2009
Great and good unveil principles to guide relationship between the state and scientific advice in the aftermath of the Nutt affair. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Business firmly woven into the fabric of new framework
Business firmly woven into the fabric of new framework
5 November 2009
The Government's long-awaited strategy for the sector is out at last. Melanie Newman reports
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Managers and scholars divided as resistance grows to impact agenda
5 November 2009
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New era for the world rankings
5 November 2009
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Leader: Only the best for the best
5 November 2009
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Outrage over drug adviser's dismissal
5 November 2009
READERS' REACTIONS
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Impact, orgasmic PhD moments and scholarly narcissism
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Calls for a rethink on research funding and for pleasure to replace doctoral despair plus warnings of self-destruction in the humanities
COVER STORY
Oasis in the desert
5 November 2009
The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology pushes many boundaries. Zoë Corbyn visits Saudi Arabia to see how its vision of top-class research in a liberal environment is taking root
ONLINE COLUMNISTS
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Opinion: Any education, so long as it’s training
5 November 2009
Labour’s student-as-customer framework reduces the academy to a glorified apprenticeship system and leaves Donald Braben praying for a predictable future
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Tara Brabazon: Pop songs offer the perfect sonic handbag for bashing racism
4 November 2009
Tara Brabazon turns up the volume of Ghost Town to hear a soundtrack in keeping with our times
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The insecure scholar: Carrying on regardless isn’t an option
2 November 2009
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Not just child’s play
1 November 2009
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Critical thinking
30 October 2009
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The insecure scholar: On the subject of my future, I should have kept quiet
27 October 2009
PEOPLE
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Means business
Means business
5 November 2009
Ruth Farwell, chair of GuildHE, plans to boost the sector's diversity by welcoming private providers with open arms
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Appointments
Appointments
5 November 2009
The University of Bath has appointed Ron Humphreys the new director of Bath Ventures, the body set up to promote and generate income from the institution's intellectual property. Formerly head of corporate relations at Bath, Mr Humphreys...
RESEARCH
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Research intelligence - A measure of humanities?
Research intelligence - A measure of humanities?
5 November 2009
A European project aims to build a citations approach that works outside the sciences. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
5 November 2009
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Top nations in microbiology
5 November 2009
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Research intelligence: Prepare to press the flesh
29 October 2009
BOOKS
Book of the week: The Question of Morale
5 November 2009
How can the academy get over its gloom? Just grow up, Gail Kinman hears
1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe
5 November 2009
Gareth Dale learns how the old world order slipped on the cloak of the new after the wall came down
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Firestorm: American Film in the Age of Terrorism
5 November 2009
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The Cult of St George in Medieval England
5 November 2009
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Out of the Blue: September 11 and the Novel
5 November 2009
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Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer
5 November 2009
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The Canon. Henry VIII by J. J. Scarisbrick
5 November 2009
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Red Planets: Marxism and Science Fiction
5 November 2009
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Modernism on Sea
5 November 2009
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The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights
5 November 2009
OPINIONS AND LEADERS
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Days are numbered for ruthless go-getters in a post-meltdown world
Days are numbered for ruthless go-getters in a post-meltdown world
5 November 2009
Universities should learn from other cultures to inculcate respect and prudence, which companies will soon demand, argues Peter Brady
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS EVER WRITTEN?
Canonical texts: are these the most influential books ever written?
23 April 2009
Are you obsessed with a 'baggy monster' or has a photocopied pamphlet sparked your passion for a whole new area of research? To kick off our new weekly series, leading scholars explain which books they believe are definitive in their field
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THE CONFERENCES
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LAURIE TAYLOR COLUMN
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Vain? Moi?
Vain? Moi?
5 November 2009
Our Head of Very Popular But Tendentious History, Julian Glaze, has hit back at the accusation by a leading Croatian sociologist that those "at the top" in the humanities display "narcissistic traits" and that this "vanity" threatens the...
PILED HIGHER AND DEEPER
Cartoon by Cham
5 November 2009
