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BREAKING NEWS
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Roper is to blame for fiasco, but London Met’s board bears responsibility
20 November 2009
Report into overpayments to university finds top officials were aware of problems but took no action. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Gillies to lead London Met
19 November 2009
Former head of City named vice-chancellor. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Cost is the big deterrent for would-be students
19 November 2009
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Cash-for-quality link could be 'damaging'
19 November 2009
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Another fallen leader: Imperial's rector exits
19 November 2009
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Happiness research makes academics rather unhappy
19 November 2009
READERS' REACTIONS
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Vulgarity in the humanities, setting research free and rankings
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Is ‘titwank’ an unscholarly term, should research be made open access and how should our World University Rankings change?
COVER STORY
Do you want to be in my gang?
19 November 2009
Some say mission groups help air vital issues collegially, but others think they selfishly expose the sector to divide-and-rule tactics. Melanie Newman looks at the group dynamics
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Leader: Sing with one voice to be heard
Leader: Sing with one voice to be heard
19 November 2009
Competing mission groups risk undermining the message that all universities are valuable and deserve continued support
ONLINE COLUMNISTS
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What happens in the blog, stays in the blog
22 November 2009
In light of the unmasking of Belle de Jour as a scientist, Petra Boynton, who blogs about sex and science, says institutions must balance privacy, scholarship and advocacy
Tara Brabazon: From little things big things grow
18 November 2009
Monographs are miniatures of scholarship, but some people artfully build them into microcosmic extravaganzas that inspire Tara Brabazon
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The insecure scholar: between a whinge and a smug place
17 November 2009
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The self-confidence crisis in social research
14 November 2009
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Research grants: Let’s end this shared madness
12 November 2009
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Gloria Monday: I should never have taken over the life of Brian
11 November 2009
PEOPLE
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Building blocks
Building blocks
19 November 2009
Paul Thompson's first priority as the head of the Royal College of Art will be to ensure a smooth move to a new campus
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Appointments
Appointments
19 November 2009
Roger Kain, deputy vice-chancellor for research and knowledge transfer at the University of Exeter, has been named dean and chief executive at the University of London's School of Advanced Study. Professor Kain is an expert on the history...
RESEARCH
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Research intelligence: Fair deal online? It's coming
Research intelligence: Fair deal online? It's coming
19 November 2009
A government strategy promises more access to digital material and more freedom to use it. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
19 November 2009
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Top institutions in geosciences
19 November 2009
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Research intelligence - A Wellcome break from the funding treadmill
12 November 2009
BOOKS
Book of the week: Francis Crick: Hunter of Life's Secrets
19 November 2009
Jon Turney on the DNA pioneer's life and long career
The Framed World: Tourism, Tourists and Photography
19 November 2009
Laura González on the meanings beneath people's compulsion to capture images of places visited
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The Culture of Knitting
19 November 2009
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Cracking the Einstein Code: Relativity and the Birth of Black Hole Physics
19 November 2009
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Sound Targets: American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq War
19 November 2009
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Published this week
19 November 2009
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Comparing Conrad: Essays on Joseph Conrad and His Implied Dialogues with Other Writers
19 November 2009
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He Was Some Kind of Man: Masculinities in the B Western
19 November 2009
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Addiction: A Disorder of Choice
19 November 2009
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What are you reading?
19 November 2009
OPINIONS AND LEADERS
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Ode to a Promethean: the late starter whose star burnt brightest
Ode to a Promethean: the late starter whose star burnt brightest
19 November 2009
Keats, the upstart who overcame all the odds to join the pantheon of literary greats, is an inspiration to Robert Mighall
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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Is Piercemüller Beau de Jour?
Is Piercemüller Beau de Jour?
19 November 2009
Urgent attempts are being made to contact Dr Piercemüller of our Department of Media and Cultural Studies following allegations in a Sunday newspaper that he is the author of the explicit blog depicting the adventures of an elderly academic...
PILED HIGHER AND DEEPER
Cartoon by Cham
19 November 2009
