Seymour Laxon, 1963-2013
A leading researcher on the changes taking place at the polar ice caps has died.Seymour Laxon was born on 22 September 1963 and brought up in Leamington Spa and then North London. His parents were...
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Grant winners
LEVERHULME TRUSTResearch Project GrantsSciences? Award winner: Jelena Grbic? Institution: University of Manchester? Value: ?219,633The homotopy theory of toric spaces? Award winner: Heather Knight?...
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Unconscious track to disciplinary train wreck
When Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman sees a "train wreck looming" for social psychology, alarm bells should ring among its researchers. It is therefore regrettable to read Stephen Gibson, honorary...
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Hardly in it together
Well done to 糖心Vlog for exposing the hypocrisy of university leaders who plead poverty when it comes to staff pay but see nothing wrong with enjoying enormous pay rises themselves ("...
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Baloney detection
Keir Thorpe tries to explain why administrators may resort to using jargon ("Another world's words", Opinion, 10 January). Jargon is used for two purposes: to aid communication of thought in fields...
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Best form of defence
Regarding the Council for the Defence of British Universities: what a splendid project!I write as a member of the anthropology department at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of...
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Ends and means
The recent "end of the world" debates might cause us to ask: what does that phrase actually mean? ("Merry Christmas (world is over)", News, 20/ December.) The ancient Greek term kosmos may help - it...
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Damned if you do
Miles Hewstone offers a refreshing analysis of the Oxbridge admissions process and calls for proper assessment to determine the admissions criteria that have validity ("Selection mechanism", Opinion...
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Political fabric
I strongly disagree with T.P. Burlap of Poppleton University, who claims that David Willetts, the universities and science minister, should use graphene to construct his responses (The Poppletonian,...
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Campus round-up
University of ManchesterFeeling peckish?Computer scientists have built a talking, tweeting chicken aimed at shaming dieters into sticking to their New Year's resolutions. The chicken sits in a...
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News in brief
ChinaLeading scholars censure censorProminent Chinese academics have signed an open letter calling for the resignation of a propaganda official over allegations that he unjustifiably censored a major...
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Tory 2.0 plans: undergrads can pay for postgrads
A book by leading Tory modernisers, including David Willetts, advocates a state-backed loan system for postgraduates supported by undergraduates repaying more, and describes student protesters as "...
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News in brief
Open-access policyLords host Finch and friendsThe Science and Technology Committee of the House of Lords has launched a short inquiry into the government's and Research Councils UK's open-access...
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BIS grant letter suggests most popular destinations will get more places
Universities with lower student demand will have places cut in 2014 and beyond to reward more popular institutions, the government has signalled.The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills...