Credible endeavour or pseudoscience?
To award a bachelor of science degree for an alternative medicine course is a failing in quality assurance, argues David Colquhoun, but Brian Isbell believes that such study helps develop valid...
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Don't be afraid, you can wing it
Academics have much to gain from talking to the public, but don't expect bird-watchers to behave like your fellow academics, warns Tim Birkhead. Reaching out to the public is something academics...
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Park omnibus for good in Clapham
As the student body becomes increasingly international, familiarity with UK popular culture cannot be assumed on courses. Curricula must instead become 'internationalised', as Harriet Swain reports....
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Baring all in pursuit of cell cultures
Name : Renata Gomes. Age : 21. Job : Medical and forensic sciences student, Bradford University. Education : I was educated in Portugal and I am now finishing my degree before starting a PhD in...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'After working as a lecturer from 1982 to 1996, then taking a few years' leave to...
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Disability 'shirkers' shamed
The Disability Rights Commission has named and shamed higher education institutions that, it said, had "shirked" their responsibilities under equality laws by failing to produce a disability equality...
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Who's in, who's out?
COVENTRY Malcolm McIntosh, director of Coventry University's Applied Research Centre in Human Security, believes the only way to create lasting world peace is to protect people's basic needs and...
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Birmingham review
Radical plans at the university will see 19 schools replaced by five colleges led by mini v-cs, says Tony Tysome. Birmingham University claims to be leading a revolution in the way institutions are...
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Led into temptation, but we can be delivered from evil
The Lucifer Effect
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Animal instincts set us on the moral path
Primates and Philosophers
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A world of natural born stewards
Creation, Evolution and Meaning
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A gift of ancient wisdom
The Birthday Book
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Messiah slated as apostate
Jesus in the Talmud