A serious turn makes a smart fit
29 December 2009
Effort to squeeze maths into problem of parallel parking earns praise. Zoë Corbyn reports
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BREAKING NEWS
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Opinion: The spectre at the lecture
27 December 2009
As he was wrapping up for the year, Peter Slater witnessed a disturbing vision of the future
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Tough times ahead if ‘corporate’ agenda persists
26 December 2009
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Why Kriss Kringle makes some tingle and jerking turkey can backfire
25 December 2009
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Black Christmas for the academy
23 December 2009
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The nightmare before Christmas: grant letter announces £135m cut
22 December 2009
READERS' REACTIONS
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You booze, you lose, how everyone can go to Oxbridge and world university rankings
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Have your say on Cardiff's HR party flop, creativity in selectivity and how peer review in our rankings is being improved
ONLINE COLUMNISTS
Podcasts can lead us into the world of Supervision 2.0
29 December 2009
The new decade offers exciting technological developments that can transform our learning environment and bring multiple benefits to all university students
The insecure scholar: The calm before the storm
29 December 2009
It’s difficult to relax and enjoy the holidays with unemployment looming ever closer.
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Opinion: The spectre at the lecture
27 December 2009
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The insecure scholar: A soul-destroying process
22 December 2009
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Principled stand
18 December 2009
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Tara Brabazon: Ready meals for the mind
16 December 2009
PEOPLE
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Role model
Role model
17 December 2009
Labour wants to make public bodies more representative, and Eileen Kaner is an ideal ambassador for the push
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Appointments
Appointments
17 December 2009
An academic who has contributed to investigations of major oil industry disasters - including the fire on the Piper Alpha rig in the North Sea that killed more than 100 people in 1988 - has been made deputy rector of Imperial College London....
RESEARCH
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A greater London assembly
A greater London assembly
17 December 2009
Plans for the capital's proposed biomedical super-lab are advancing but big hurdles remain, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Grant winners
17 December 2009
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’Tis the Season… to Exchange Gifts: Most Cited Articles
17 December 2009
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National Rankings by Share of Highly Cited Papers
10 December 2009
BOOKS
Book of the week: The Infinity of Lists
17 December 2009
Umberto Eco's faintly fanatical offering fascinates Simon Blackburn
Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays
17 December 2009
Ironically, this provocative book would make a great stocking-filler, writes Michelle Baddeley
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The Politics of Alcohol: A History of the Drink Question in England
17 December 2009
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Playing the Fool: Subversive Laughter in Troubled Times
17 December 2009
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Accident Prone: A History of Technology, Psychology, and Misfits of the Machine Age
17 December 2009
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Borderline Citizens: Women, Gender, and Political Culture in Britain, 1815-1867
17 December 2009
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The Canon: The Arcades Project. By Walter Benjamin
17 December 2009
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Mitzvah Girls: Bringing Up the Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn
17 December 2009
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The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy
17 December 2009
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Ethics and Politics in Modern American Poetry
17 December 2009
OPINIONS AND LEADERS
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Leader: First, let's find out if it will fly
Leader: First, let's find out if it will fly
17 December 2009
Before we commit to linking funding to impact, we should wait for the results of pilots to determine its feasibility
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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A very special lunch
A very special lunch
17 December 2009
One of the university's best-loved traditions was revived last week in the snack bar of Michael Gove College when some of our most senior administrative staff reversed their usual roles and spent nearly an hour of their own time serving...
PILED HIGHER AND DEEPER
Cartoon by Cham
17 December 2009
