Q&A with Stephen Sparks
We speak to a geologist whose work on volcanic eruptions has earned him the equivalent of a Nobel prize for the earth sciences
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Grant winners - 12 February 2015
National Institute for Health ResearchHealth Services and Delivery Research ProgrammeAward winner: Colin PowellInstitution: Cardiff UniversityValue: 拢1,984,669PUMA: Paediatric early warning system (...
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World in brief - 12 February 2015
USIt鈥檚 a lot easier for the richA study of 45 years鈥 worth of US data suggests that rising tuition costs and drops in federal government aid have made it harder for the country鈥檚 students from low-...
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News in brief - 12 February 2015
UK general election 2015More Oxbridge ties in the House?The next Parliament will likely include a disproportionately high number of MPs who graduated from Oxbridge, research suggests. A study by the...
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Rising above the mob
When respected scholars enter a public debate, one would hope that their arguments uphold the same principles that underpin their research, namely accuracy and objectivity. Unfortunately, the nine...
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Collaborative challenges
In suggesting that academe and industry need to work more closely together, Mark Samuels is revisiting one of the central aims of LINK 鈥 launched by the government in 1988 and running well into the...
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Plenty of buck but no bang
Carl Lygo鈥檚 argument that a university course is poor value for money is strengthened when costs in other educational sectors are compared (鈥淐ostly lessons鈥, Opinion, 5 February). For example, a full...
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Lodging a complaint
David Lodge鈥檚 novels deal with the relations between academia and the outside world (鈥淟aughing from the inside鈥, Features, 29 January). They are highly realistic in terms of detail but questionable...
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Language is not the issue
As someone whose job it is to teach English for academic purposes, and who works with international students at higher education level, I read with interest the article 鈥淪cholars highlight inadequate...
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Lessons from Ebola crisis
During the Ebola outbreak in 2014, Peter Piot made a cogent comment on the role of academics in response to a global crisis (鈥淭here is a 鈥榤oral responsibility鈥 to go out and stop Ebola in Africa鈥,...
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For-profits in Brazil fight rule change
Cut in support for private study has share prices falling
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UCL鈥檚 Magnus keeps blood flow research innovations in-house
Start-up aims to sidestep big pharmaceutical firms by developing its lab discoveries inside the university鈥檚 walls. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Soldiers of the NFL
American football is a contemporary moral equivalent of war, says Alan Ryan
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Lives and loves of geniuses
Recent films fail to recognise the support women give to famous male artists or scientists, says Mary Evans
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Universities at War, by Thomas Docherty
This powerful polemic should be in every undergraduate鈥檚 welcome pack, says Mary Evans