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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 frameworkFree

5 November 2009

The Government's long-awaited strategy for the sector is out at last. Melanie Newman reports

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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

THE cover: 5 November 2009

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Oasis in the desertFree

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

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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

PEOPLE

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Means businessFree

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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AppointmentsFree

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...

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RESEARCH

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Research intelligence - A measure of humanities?Free

5 November 2009

A European project aims to build a citations approach that works outside the sciences. Zoë Corbyn reports

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BOOKS

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Book of the week: The Question of MoraleFree

5 November 2009

How can the academy get over its gloom? Just grow up, Gail Kinman hears

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1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War EuropeFree

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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OPINIONS AND LEADERS

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Days are numbered for ruthless go-getters in a post-meltdown worldFree

5 November 2009

Universities should learn from other cultures to inculcate respect and prudence, which companies will soon demand, argues Peter Brady

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THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS EVER WRITTEN?

THE cover - 23 April 2009

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Canonical texts: are these the most influential books ever written?Free

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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LAURIE TAYLOR COLUMN

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Vain? Moi?Free

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...

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PILED HIGHER AND DEEPER

Fluctuations

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Cartoon by Cham

5 November 2009

 
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