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  1. Mike Morwood, 1950-2013

    An archaeologist who discovered the bones of a “hobbit” in Indonesia, which may represent a completely new species of early human, has died

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  3. Grant winners - 15 August 2013

    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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    #Research intelligence

  4. Campus round-up - 15 August 2013

    Source: GettyFor good growth, add soap and waterChildren under the age of five who have access to clean water and soap are half a centimetre taller than those who lack such basics, a study shows. The...

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  8. Metropolitan follies

    How can a university “outgrow” a name such as “Metropolitan” (Campus round-up, 8 August) and how does “Beckett” encompass anything wider? Do the leaders of Leeds Metropolitan University not have...

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  9. Buy now, regret later

    Cary Cooper’s review of The Triumph of Emptiness: Consumption, Higher Education, and Work Organization mentions the “consumption paradox”, the notion that as we become more affluent, we become less...

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  10. Professional identities

    Fred Inglis’ rage against marketing and the way corporate identities are reported to be created for universities (“Incinerated by the branding iron”, 18 July) may be shared by many academics and...

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  11. System-wide thinking

    Jon Turney’s review of Toby Tyrrell’s On Gaia: A Critical Investigation of the Relationship between Life and Earth (Books, 8 August) refers to Tyrrell’s proposal that the Gaia hypothesis is not a...

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  12. Silence and selfish genes

    While it may be true that “sustained practices of silence are profoundly transformative…of one’s spiritual and ethical perspective” (“Giving but not yielding”, Features, 8 August), apparently they do...

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  13. Pre-emptive sanctions

    As part of its sanctions against Iran, the US government recently issued a regulation that in effect prohibits any US citizen from managing or processing a journal article on which at least one...

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  14. Title contentions

    I wonder whether it is strictly correct for BPP to claim that it is now a university (“And BPP makes two: coalition confers university title on second for-profit”, News, 8 August). The decision to...

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