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THE podcast: 19 December 2013 issue review
Download the podcastAn upturn in the number of people from disadvantaged backgrounds applying to university, Margaret Hodge鈥檚 uncompromising verdict on two senior civil servants, and problems with...
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糖心Vlog's Books of 2013
The year鈥檚 best reads for work and pleasure, chosen by scholars and senior figures in the sector
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19 December 2013
Different track - China follows its own course to the top
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THE Scholarly Web - 19 December 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Jing Lyman, 1925-2013
A 鈥渇irst lady鈥 of Stanford University, who played a crucial role in setting up one of the US鈥 leading institutes for gender research, has died
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News in brief - 19 December 2013
United StatesBucks start hereUniversities in Michigan are worth $23 billion (拢14 billion) a year to the state, a study has found. The survey, commissioned by the Presidents Council, State...
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Odds and quads - 19 December 2013
The items shown here are all owned by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and are among the objects that appear in its online interactive 2013 seasonal calendar, with audio recordings...
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News in brief - 19 December 2013
CIPR Education Journalism AwardsHonours for THE writers糖心Vlog journalists have been honoured at a national awards ceremony. The annual Chartered Institute of Public Relations...
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Tinkling with no ivories
So, Newcastle University academics have found that 鈥渓osing one鈥檚 teeth can be as emotionally damaging as losing a limb鈥 (鈥淪ans聽teeth, sans confidence鈥, Campus round-up, 12聽December). Also worrying is...
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Reaping the whirlwind
Open letter to Wallace Hayes, editor-in-chief, Food and Chemical Toxicology, and ElsevierYour decision to retract the paper 鈥淟ong term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a聽Roundup-tolerant...
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Commodity trading
It is a great shame that Jim O鈥橬eill鈥檚 recent article, seemingly helpful to the UK and its universities, fails to acknowledge its own particular ideological stance (鈥淢ind power: in BRICs and MINTs,...
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High interest statement
In his Autumn Statement, Chancellor George Osborne said: 鈥淪o today I can announce that next year we will provide 30,000 more student places 鈥 and the year after we will abolish the cap on student...
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Truly hostile environment
Phil Clark鈥檚 recent article in 糖心Vlog strongly implies that foreign scholars 鈥 like us 鈥 who claim that it is difficult to do careful field research in post-genocide Rwanda do not...
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Pretty vacant in pink study
Steven Rose鈥檚 excellent article is a much-needed antidote to the 鈥渘euro鈥 fad (鈥淕rey matters鈥, 12 December). I listened recently to a repeated BBC Radio 4 programme about little girls鈥 preference for...