Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked Into an Intellectual Black Hole
Martin Cohen finds an attack on irrationality worryingly unscientific in its methods
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The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony, 1845-1852
In the autumn of 1845, a new fungus, later named Phytophthora infestans, struck potato crops. The disease was not restricted to Ireland, ranging as widely as Silesia in Poland, and the US. The blight...
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The Child Reader 1700-1840
"Don't steal this/book if you do I will/beat your brains/out". Perhaps many of us have felt this passionate possessiveness about our books, though few, I suspect, have gone so far as to issue such a...
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Reading Aristotle can roll back the tide of relativism
Educationalist calls for a 'genuine' revival of Classics teaching, reports Matthew Reisz
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Bling, Burberry and back to their council flat: that's 'chavinism', innit?
A study of a form of gay class tourism has raised some unusual ethical issues, writes Matthew Reisz
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ߣߣÊÓƵThe men are coming up shortWomen have all but met the ߣߣÊÓƵn government's higher education attainment goal; however overall targets will not be reached unless participation among men...
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Science hacks: project distils papers for a stressed press
Free Harvard resource aims to reduce errors in reporting of research. Jon Marcus reports
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILFellowship Awards• Award winner: Jens R. Hentschke• Institution: Newcastle University• Value: £70,799School reform and nation-building from Varela to Batlle:...
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Postgraduates 'priced out of the market' by sharp fee increases
Rising costs may herald a decline in uptake of higher degrees by home students. John Morgan reports
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EPSRC won't turn off funding taps but gush may become a trickle for some
Applicants for grants from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will have to make the case for the national importance as well as the international excellence of their research, the...
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Marketing is now par for the course
Programmes must appeal to students, not the vanity of academics, says PR head. David Matthews writes
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Among the elite, AAB attainment is not all it's cracked up to be
'Surprising' Hefce data may leave some research intensives' 'cores' exposed. Simon Baker reports
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Put money in their purses: access advocate backs scholarships over waivers
Large scholarships that put cash in students' pockets while they are studying should be offered by universities in preference to fee waivers, the government's advocate for access to education has...
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Alea iacta est. Really? Come on, roll again
Discipline's doyens launch Classics defence against Royal Holloway plans. Jack Grove writes
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Recruit or die, London Met's v-c warns staff
The vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University has warned that the institution is "at risk" if it fails to recruit about 2,000 students in clearing, following a warning from England's funding...