Laurie Taylor 鈥 14 January 2016
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Getting your citations in order
Who loses out when a scholar fails to acknowledge earlier related work? Ron Iphofen on the evergreen virtues of desk research
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Who are the real victims?
In a somewhat martyr-like fashion, Stefano Bonino grumbles about the ink he spilled writing an earlier article defending the employment of former police spy Bob Lambert in a university environment (鈥...
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Review needed
It was heartening to read Lars Fischer鈥檚 defence of book reviewing (鈥淪cholarly book reviewing: time for a plot twist鈥, Opinion, 7 January). This is self-evidently a vital scholarly function that...
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The metrics scale
It is pleasing that Jonathan Grant makes such a robust defence of quality-related funding and also highlights that the research excellence framework is a relatively inexpensive way of allocating this...
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Skills over nations
It was unfortunate that Anna Notaro鈥檚 letter chose to make an聽unfounded accusation of 鈥減rejudicial attitudes towards Southern European citizens鈥 rather than engage with my argument that the European...
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Apples and oranges
In the feature 鈥淭he Francis Crick Institute: science and serendipity鈥 (26聽November 2015), Sir聽John Savill says that the failure of the Francis Crick Institute would be 鈥渦nconscionable鈥, in聽the same...
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We cannot change our core values for Chinese students
Tolerating overseas arrivals鈥 experiences is vital, but critical thinking is a matter on which there can be no compromise, insists Tao Zhang
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Yale鈥檚 鈥榮hrieking girl鈥 and the rush to judgement
Before attacking 鈥榟ypersensitive鈥 students, we must analyse the balance of power, argues Ziyad Marar