Doctor Who's defining dimension is loss
Despite its sci fi-action trappings, Doctor Who is tinged with sadness, says Will Brooker. When you travel the vortex, time is the only constant companion
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LiverpoolThe Resistible Rise of Arturo UiIn 1930s Chicago, small-time crime boss Arturo Ui and his men can provide protection - for workers, businesses and jobs. As the Great Depression hits the city...
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The Pick - Museum Show: Part 1
Recycled material: Museo Aero Solar set to soarMuseum Show: Part 1BristolMuseums have such power to determine what is important and what is not that many artists have been tempted to create mini-...
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Hello and goodbye
As usual at this time of the academic year, we are pleased to provide a transcript of our vice-chancellor's official speech of welcome to all our new students."I'm very pleased and indeed honoured to...
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Research intelligence - There's a lot more to it than that
Advocates say 'enriched content' represents the future of the scholarly article. Andy Wright reports
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Off Piste - Ticket to glide
Circling hilltop castles and seeking out thermals, occasionally shadowed by a sociable buzzard - Paul Nurse attests to the joys of taking to the skies on the slenderest of wings
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The week in higher education
• Any concern that higher education is a low priority for the UK's coalition government will surely be banished by a new advertising campaign that counts universities alongside all things that make...
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Leader: Take your money elsewhere
So the UK tells foreign students with its visa regime. ߣߣÊÓƵ once did too, but it has changed its tune to hang on to a rich trade
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From where I sit - Twists and turns on road to reform
When the South University of Science and Technology of China decided to break the rules last year and recruit 45 students without having permission to do so - and without requiring them to take the...
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Appointments
University of British ColumbiaSarah OttoWhen Sarah Otto, a professor in the department of zoology at the University of British Columbia, received an email telling her that she had won a "genius grant...
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Expelliarmus debitum!
Harry Potter a metaphor for higher education? Kevin Fong explains - almost
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Sources of illumination
Characterised by creativity and attuned to the needs of their age, the first European universities have important lessons for higher education today, says Miri Rubin
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Healthy, wealthy and wise
Pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, the academy and the NHS all fall far short of their research potential. John Martin prescribes a radical plan to revive UK life sciences while funding...
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REF view too narrow, partially cited or not (1 of 2)
My colleague Andrew Oswald suggests that the use of journal league tables (based on citations and impact factors) would be better than the judgement of quality offered by research excellence...
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REF view too narrow, partially cited or not (2 of 2)
Andrew Oswald's juxtaposition of citation metrics and peer review is misplaced, not least because a decision by one academic to cite the publication of another is itself likely to be subjective....