Supreme comfort for US scientists
Libel rejected as court cites 'moral obligation' to act in research misconduct cases. Paul Jump writes
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Nominee: 'secret soundings' decided REF subpanel chair
Rejected candidate says appointment process was 'shambles from start to finish'. Paul Jump reports
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Council cuts present a significant 'challenge'
Real-term cuts of 23 per cent to the research councils' administrative budgets will present a "challenge", according to Alan Thorpe, chief executive of the Natural Environment Research Council.Each...
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News in brief
Parliamentary oversightMPs probe peer review and cutsThe Commons Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry into peer review. It is inviting written evidence on the "operation and...
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Invasion of the union snatchers?
UCU trio claim body is being 'taken over' by SWP and left-wing members. John Morgan reports
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Management feud behind Abertay Dundee suspensions, source claims
An irreconcilable breakdown in relations among members of the University of Abertay Dundee’s senior management team is behind the suspension of its principal and his deputy, ÌÇÐÄVlog...
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Underground resistance
Uta Kornmeier muses on the unexpected unearthing in Berlin of some remarkable survivors of Nazi cultural vandalism
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Diary
LondonFrankensteinMary Shelley's Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, published anonymously in 1818 when she was just 19, remains one of the archetypal statements of anxiety about modernity,...
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Catch me if you can
Our Head of Overseas Recruitment, Geraldine Transept, has refused to apologise for an open letter addressed to potential EU students that would appear to encourage a degree of duplicity.In the letter...
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Leader: More than money is at stake
Branch campuses have had their problems, but they still offer exceptional opportunities to those who get them right
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Too small to fail
Tim Birkhead ponders the optimal size and location of the conference venue
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Research Intelligence - When every little helps
Amid tight budgets and uncertainty, Nerc's head looks to cost efficiency to protect its mission. Paul Jump reports
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Age of retirement: American payouts target tenured staff
Cash-strapped states offer golden goodbyes to slash the wage bill. Jon Marcus reports
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The week in higher education
Revenge is a dish best served cold, not hot and steaming. But the adage appears to have been ignored by a maths professor at California State University, Northridge, who is accused of urinating on a...