Tackling the reproducibility crisis requires universal standards
Accreditation of research methods should be a mandatory requirement for publication in journals, says Peter Thompson
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Painfully funny: inhabiting the space between tragedy and comedy
In a pair of books exploring aspects of Jewish identity, Devorah Baum reflects on Jewishness and the human condition. She talks about turning uncomfortable 鈥楯ewish feelings鈥 such as guilt into...
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Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, by Kieran Setiya
Book of the week: No longer young, not yet old, the middle-aged academic sees the world askew, says Joe Moran
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New and noteworthy 鈥 26 October 2017
Rewriting the rules of journalism; pondering ways of thinking; competing with capitalism; marginalised scientists; and a history of jealousy
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How the Stasi archive handles potentially incriminating information
David Matthews learns how archivists deal with enquiries about material collected by the former East Germany鈥檚 secret police that can still destroy reputations
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What are you reading? 鈥 26 October 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 26 October 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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North America has most 鈥榬ounded鈥 research profile, data show
Charts also illustrate how developing nations concentrate their research on a narrower set of fields
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Terms of debate blur the value of liberal arts
The image and perception of liberal arts colleges has become blurred between the value of a聽liberal arts education and self-identified liberal arts institutions (鈥淒oes liberal arts education have an...
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Basic-income risks
A general 鈥渦niversal income鈥 for academia that includes research grants would put a damper on entrepreneurship in academia, would be a big barrier to entry for new providers and would create an even...
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Label with care
Is it too late to suggest that 鈥渇ramework鈥 is an unhelpful label in the research excellence framework and the teaching excellence framework (鈥淓ngland鈥檚 KEF: will it be a 鈥榩atent-counting鈥 extra...
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Arrogant? Ouch
鈥淲e hear a rising chorus of complaints about arrogant universities,鈥 Glyn Davis, the vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Melbourne, writes in his article 鈥溾楢rrogant鈥 universities seen...