RS 'whiff of sexism'
Mike Rennie (Letters, February 20) misses the point. There is a history of opposition to admitting women to male-dominated societies on grounds other than formal criteria. The threat by some Royal...
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Degrees of separation
My spouse and I have academic posts at, respectively, the Universite de Bretagne Sud in Vannes, France, and the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand ("Please don go breaking my heart...
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Two out of three is just not enough
If it's promotion you're after, you need to make your mark in teaching, research and administration, reports Olga Wojtas, while Gerald Mars, with a nod to Francis Cornford, advises his nephew on how...
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Take my advice, boy, forget scholarship if you want to get ahead
Dear Adam, So you're considering a career in academia but are worried about the prospects. Don't be. So many good people have already been turned off that prospects for the less than good have never...
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Swiss balls expected to make big splash
In part two of our series tracking how academics are helping the British swimming team prepare for the Olympics, Ben Carlish meets the physiotherapist. As Great Britain's swimming team picks up the...
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Calling the old boys' network
When it comes to raising cash from alumni, could the UK learn from the US? Tony Tysome and Walter Ellis investigate. Universities in the UK are quickly realising that they are going to have to ask...
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Why bigger is most definitely better
They say size doesn't matter. But for US universities, to be well endowed is everything. A graph in the student newspaper of Boston's Northeastern University once showed a monstrous erect penis...
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The clock ticks as life follows its own rhythm
We may be on the threshold of developing drugs that allow us to work at peak levels for 22 hours at a time. Society needs to decide whether to embrace or reject this option, says Russell Foster. We...
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Two out of three is just not enough
If it's promotion you're after, you need to make your mark in teaching, research and administration, reports Olga Wojtas, while Gerald Mars, with a nod to Francis Cornford, advises his nephew on how...
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Take my advice, boy, forget scholarship if you want to get ahead
Dear Adam, So you're considering a career in academia but are worried about the prospects. Don't be. So many good people have already been turned off that prospects for the less than good have never...
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Swiss balls expected to make big splash
In part two of our series tracking how academics are helping the British swimming team prepare for the Olympics, Ben Carlish meets the physiotherapist. As Great Britain's swimming team picks up the...
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Calling the old boys' network
When it comes to raising cash from alumni, could the UK learn from the US? Tony Tysome and Walter Ellis investigate. Universities in the UK are quickly realising that they are going to have to ask...
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Why bigger is most definitely better
They say size doesn't matter. But for US universities, to be well endowed is everything. A graph in the student newspaper of Boston's Northeastern University once showed a monstrous erect penis...
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The clock ticks as life follows its own rhythm
We may be on the threshold of developing drugs that allow us to work at peak levels for 22 hours at a time. Society needs to decide whether to embrace or reject this option, says Russell Foster. We...
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Sensitive scenarios
Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry - The Analysis of Controlled Substances. First edition - Methods for Environmental Trace Analysis. First edition