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Am I alone in my profound discomfort regarding middle-aged men employing substantially younger women in advisory roles, whose main job seems to be to tell them how inspirational and visionary they...
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Film review: Martha Marcy May Marlene
Subtle evil lurks in a believable portrayal of a traumatised, fractured personality, says Duncan Wu
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Film review: A Dangerous Method
The master of 'body horror' turns to the monsters of the mind in an exploration of psychoanalysis. Davina Quinlivan investigates
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TV reviews: Prisoners' Wives & Inside Men
New dramas from the BBC tell compelling tales of offenders and their motivations, says Matt Hills
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David Barron, 1935-2012
David Barron was one of the "founding fathers" of computer science and was known as a bon viveur by his friends and colleagues.Professor Barron was born on 9 January 1935 and studied mathematics at...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Campus round-up
Manchester Metropolitan UniversityNow dig thisMembers of the public have been invited to take part in an archaeological dig on the site of a university's new campus. The project at Manchester...
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Odds and quads: Robert Gordon University's Art and Heritage Collections
These items form part of Robert Gordon University's Art and Heritage Collections.
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education
? In a glimpse of how some conservative politicians in the US view their higher education system, a high-profile Republican lamented the loss of the sector to "the Left" on 25 January, urging...
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Leader: When the whip came down
Mr Willetts' professed love for the arts and humanities disciplines looks rather like discipline of another stripe entirely
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From where I sit - Conservative casting
There is currently a lively debate in Germany about the potentially dubious impact of applying for research funding through committees. One cynic summed this up as "having to go through a casting...
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Appointments
University of HuddersfieldSusan KilcoyneA scientist who enjoys "physics on the edge" has been appointed professor of biomaterials at the University of Huddersfield. Susan Kilcoyne, formerly associate...
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Research intelligence - The emeriti seizing a late licence to roam
Study finds many scholars believe their best work has come after retirement. Matthew Reisz reports
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Adrift from memory bliss
Kevin Fong is forced to come to terms with electronic isolation