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Post-1992s give sector an object lesson in instruction
But HEA awards also point to rising focus on good teaching at older universities. Jack Grove reports
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Cardiff dean's laboratory under investigation once again after fresh misconduct allegations
Cardiff University is to investigate multiple fresh allegations of research misconduct relating to papers produced in the laboratory of its dean of medicine.
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£7m donation for research close to Leicester's heart
A record £7 million donation to the University of Leicester will see the institution double its fundraising for the fourth year in a row since setting up a development office.
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Nerc: no clouds on blue-skies horizons
Council defends decision to withdraw a third of its PhD project studentships. Paul Jump reports
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Ernst decries firms' large dose of cash for pro-homeopathy website
Paul Jump on scientist's undiluted zeal for probing alternative 'cures' despite lack of Exeter successor
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US turns drama study into a crisis
Elizabeth Gibney on new loan restrictions affecting Americans attending renowned UK conservatoires
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News in brief
Olympic legacyFrom no dope to medical hopeThe anti-doping facilities serving the London 2012 Games will become a research centre for personalised medicine. The MRC-NIHR Phenome Centre will rapidly...
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Nobody likes us!
In an unusually frank press release, our Deputy Director of Logo Development, Roger Placement, has declared that our university is "not at all bothered" by the news that it has failed to gain one of...
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Gold access, the destroyer of worlds (1 of 3)
Salvatore Babones makes some important points in his heartfelt polemic against pay-to-publish open-access journals ("High-maintenance model", Opinions, 26 July), acknowledging that only the elite...
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Gold access, the destroyer of worlds (2 of 3)
Salvatore Babones is correct to identify the potentially divisive effect of the introduction of the "gold" model of open-access publishing. The problems will not be confined to the arts, humanities...
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Gold access, the destroyer of worlds (3 of 3)
Salvatore Babones sees the consequence of the Finch report being "the destruction of the arts, humanities and social sciences".There are many disadvantages of the gold route - not the least of which...
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Gender politics
The Women's Library and Information Center Foundation in Istanbul is deeply shocked and saddened to hear that London Metropolitan University is looking for a new custodian for its Women's Library due...
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Just the job
The provision now being made for career breaks in the research excellence framework to which Daniel Hill refers ("Double standards", Letters, 26 July) is essential and long overdue.Some years ago, I...
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Money for old rope
There is no evidence that private sector competition drives up academic standards, but there is clear evidence that it drives up fees. Wherever a limited supply of a desirable commodity - such as...