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Economic and Social Research CouncilTransformative Research Call: ‘Transforming’ Social ScienceMaximum limit of £250,000; will run for 18 months.Award winner: Chris WebsterInstitution: Cardiff...

Economic and Social Research CouncilTransformative Research Call: ‘Transforming’ Social ScienceMaximum limit of £250,000; will run for 18 months.Award winner: Chris WebsterInstitution: Cardiff...
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Cardiff UniversityRachel CowgillThe new head of the School of Music at Cardiff University said she was encouraged to learn that her appointment had the unanimous support of her colleagues. Rachel...

An archaeologist who discovered the bones of a “hobbit” in Indonesia, which may represent a completely new species of early human, has died.Mike Morwood was born in Auckland, New Zealand on October...

We must rethink higher education to get the most from digital platforms, say David Roberts and Blaine Greteman

We are getting faster, stronger, healthier and better informed, Gary Thomas argues: why shouldn’t exam results improve?

A film about Indonesian genocide has impact in spades, says Sally Feldman
REF non-submission and teaching momentsI find the University of Leicester’s decision to review the contracts of staff not submitted for assessment in the forthcoming research excellence framework...

The Cold War’s end and the internet’s rise freed employers to go global, leaving workers worldwide wobbling, says Ursula Huws

While academics who lecture on ocean liners are frequently mocked by colleagues for the activity’s perceived lack of academic rigour, those who take on such work appear to have the last laugh,...

Rachel Bowlby on a modern retelling of Henry James’ tale of childhood curiosity and parental shortcomings

‘Zero here’ contract scandal“I couldn’t even tell you the way to Poppleton. Is it in the North somewhere?”That was the startling admission made by one of our university’s latest research appointments...

Erika Cudworth discusses neoliberalism’s ‘digestive turn’

Victoria Bateman on the parallels and differences between 1929 and 2008