THE Scholarly Web - 27 June 2013
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Variety: the spice of life sciences
Pat Monaghan and Tim Birkhead call for variation to be the theme once more in university biology
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Cardiff baker’s dozen: for expiry date, check the REF
University defends short-term contracts as source criticises ‘game-playing’
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(Almost) all donations gratefully received
Universities need clear protocols for accepting money - particularly from outside the UK, argues Chris Higgins
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Leveson’s lessons for the academy
The inquiry’s recommendations echo a similar arrangement in higher education, Rob Behrens says
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‘Big science’, big hype, big mistake
We are paying too high a price for 100,000 genomes more, warns Bill Amos
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New practice in student admissions
The sector will be damaged if integrity in recruitment is lost, says Janet Graham
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The Bourgeois: Between History and Literature by Franco Moretti
Valerie Sanders relishes this considered study of a quietly worthy class of men
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Moocs? They’re a cracking good idea
Anant Agarwal, president of edX, tells Chris Parr about online learning, money - and his egg-selling entrepreneurial past
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Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens: Video Spectatorship from VHS to File Sharing by Caetlin Benson-Allott
Linnie Blake discusses a new theory of the spectator in the post-cinema age
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THE podcast: 27 June 2013 issue review
Download the podcastGeorge Osborne’s spending review speech takes centre stage in this week’s issue review podcast, which also looks at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s...
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You’ve got to have faith – in the value of universities
Core principles underpin both the church and higher education, and we mustn’t be afraid to shout about them, writes Joy Carter
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Science capital boosted as BIS gets 6 per cent in cuts
Protection for science and research spending will be maintained in 2015-16 while the capital budget will be increased to £1.1 billion, the chancellor George Osborne announced today.
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NSP change embarrassing for Lib Dems but boon for postgrads
The National Scholarship Programme is to be cut by £100 million and made postgraduate-only, as part of savings announced in the coalition’s spending round.
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Welcome for capital increase but fears over frozen research spending
The capital budget for science will be increased to £1.1 billion in 2015-16 and maintained in real terms until the end of the decade, the chancellor George Osborne has announced.