THE Scholarly Web - 10 October 2013
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News in brief - 10 October 2013
Open accessSpoof, where is thy sting?The journal Science has said the acceptance for publication of a spoof scientific paper by a large proportion of open-access journals in a “sting operation” had...
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News in brief - 10 October 2013
China/JapanScholar held after Shanghai returnA Chinese academic living in Japan has been detained by his government since July, according to fellow Chinese academics and a Japanese newspaper. Chinese...
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Grant winners - 10 October 2013
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: Vincent FuscoInstitution: Queen’s University BelfastValue: £173,435Near field subwavelength resolution imaging in lossy inhomogeneous...
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We push as Europe pulls
Shoddy treatment of foreign students plays into the hands of continental rivals taking us on at our own anglophone game
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Association of Commonwealth Universities: 100 not out
Book celebrates centenary of the first global higher education network
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Sign language standardised for astronomical terms
Scottish glossary breaks down communication barriers
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Italy’s lettori get no help from European Commission
Brussels ‘to close file’ on foreign scholars battling ‘xenophobic’ law
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US told to use data, not hunches, to recruit abroad
World Education Services report stresses diversity of applicants
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Wellcome offers cash for public engagement
Dedicated funding and support for UK scientists
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Blurring boundaries of confidentiality
Malcolm Gillies hesitates before marking any documents ‘For your eyes only’
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Hazel Christie, David Eastwood, Matthew Feldman, Stephen Halliday, R.C. Richardson...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Richard Hoggart: Virtue and Reward, by Fred Inglis
Tom Steele welcomes a painstakingly researched account of the renowned cultural critic’s legacy
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Working Lives: Gender, Migration and Employment in Britain, 1945- 2007, by Linda McDowell
Pat Thane on a book that provides important insights into the experience of female immigrants
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Slow Reading in a Hurried Age, by David Mikics
Are we losing sight of the purpose of reading? Rachel Bowlby isn’t sure she needs instruction