Alternative medicine and its discontents (1 of 2)
Regarding "Aberdeen looks to feather its nest in a field dubbed 'pure quackery' " (News, 26 April): I am alarmed by this article for five good reasons.First, it seems to misrepresent the long and...
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Alternative medicine and its discontents (2 of 2)
As a 1960s Aberdeen science graduate, I am appalled by the university's reported plans for a chair in "a field dubbed 'pure quackery' ". If this is the sort of pseudoscience our funds might support,...
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You can be too careful
In a surprisingly hysterical article from the director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Julian Savulescu claims that synthetic biology "introduces new jokers into the pack" so that...
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Continuity error
The College of Law deal marks the second sale of a UK higher education entity with temporary degree-awarding powers to an overseas owner ("College of Law sale sets legal precedent for raising of...
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Solution, but no problem
Unless it can be demonstrated that there is a serious problem to be tackled that would be solved by the issuing of a "concordat", there is no justification for or point to it ("Punishment doesn't fit...
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Free, at last
The currently available open-access publishing options seem no better than the traditional publishers that, as Srila Roy writes, "are getting fat on the unpaid labour of researchers" ("Cracked...
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Six degrees of acquisition
Is the academy aware that by logging on to eBay, one can purchase an embossed degree certificate with seal, in any subject or classification, from a range of academic institutions? The "seller" also...
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Tragedy and farce
Articles in THE are often enlivened by uncredited stills from old films. However, many readers will have identified Admiral D'Ascoyne (Alec Guinness) dutifully going down with his ship as an...
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Just a little crush
You report that the New College of the Humanities will offer "a one-on-one tutorial system" ("State schools fare poorly in inaugural class, but calibre delights Grayling", 26 April). Will the tutors...
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Simon Roodhouse, 1948-2012
A leading authority on work-based learning and the creative industries, who aimed to "break down some of the closed-shop attitudes of universities", has died.Simon Roodhouse was born in the...
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Campus round-up
Middlesex UniversityTwo grand outcomesA UK university project to tackle unemployment in the South African city of Port Elizabeth is celebrating its 2,000th participant to secure work or further...
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3 May 2012
Flights of fancy - Independent minds free to go where they please
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Let's hear it for pod people
Sally Feldman on a new wave of academic impact via the online ‘airwaves’
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Willetts turns to Wikipedia founder for advice on open access
David Willetts has reaffirmed his support for full open-access publishing and has drafted in the Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to advise the government on how best to make the transition.