Lego at Cambridge is much more than child鈥檚 play
Acting director of new research centre set up with Lego Foundation money says aim will be to explore whether there really is evidence that play enhances education
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Make sense of science
The Royal Society has recently published guidance on the career expectations of doctoral students in the sciences (鈥淒ispel illusion of PhDs leading to jobs for life, says Royal Society鈥, News, 18/25...
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Student survey rates teaching qualifications above research activity
Hepi/HEA Student Academic Experience Survey results may intensify pressure on staff to gain formal accreditation
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鈥楽exist鈥 peer review causes storm online
Sussex researcher speaks of 鈥榙isbelief鈥 at comments over paper on gender bias
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Q&A with Curt Rice
We speak to an American linguist who will become the first foreigner to head a Norwegian institution of higher education
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Ten 鈥榓cademic鈥 words that have just made it into the dictionary
New edition of Collins English Dictionary contains raft of new terms
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Surprising responses to Hamlet Africa tour
Researcher finds reactions to Shakespeare performance vary wildly across continent
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The Francis Crick Institute: science and serendipity
Is the biomedical research facility dubbed 鈥楽ir Paul鈥檚 cathedral鈥 built on sound foundations?
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High and popular culture to meet in new postcolonial studies centre
More football, less theory, says heroin scholar at the head of new hub
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The Spanish and Greek scholars thrust into national politics
Martin McQuillan on the critical theorists shaking up Syriza and Podemos
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What it鈥檚 like to work with the academic greats
Five contributors recall friendships and encounters with preeminent scientists, writers and philosophers
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How to move up from a researcher post to lecturer
Report advises young academics to foster personal and research independence to advance their careers. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Attempts to 'gag and silence' academics are commonplace
Marina Warner explains why she chose to speak about her departure from the University of Essex