Better science, less suffering
A strict list of rules for scientists to follow when working with animals has been launched in the journal PLoS Biology
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Tara Brabazon: Examining the idiosyncrasies
Is it enough to demand an original contribution to knowledge or should doctoral candidates also have to show that they have “material suitable for publication” ? asks Tara Brabazon
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MPs, let us introduce you to science’s avant-garde
The Royal Society should offer a brokering service to put politicians in touch with experts at the cutting edge of science, according to Lord Krebs.The former chair of the UK’s Food Standards Agency...
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Don’t you understand?
Irene Macías deplores many Britons’ pitiful foreign language skills and employers’ apparent ignorance about its growing importance
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Sorry seems to be the hardest word
WASHINGTON – The situation outlined by Miles J. Postema, vice-president and general counsel of Ferris State University, sounded like a lawsuit waiting to happen. By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Payback time for Obama as media revert to type
Although Barack Obama’s administration already has major achievements to its credit in healthcare reform and arms reduction, his approval ratings have declined dramatically. An expert on American...
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Financial and managerial pressures ‘threaten’ academic values, says v-c
Fundamental academic values, such as free and open debate, are at risk, a leading UK vice-chancellor said this week.Nigel Thrift, vice-chancellor of the University of Warwick, told a conference in...
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Hefce gives out extra places and takes back £20m from teaching funds
The 10,000 extra student places for next year have been allocated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with newer teaching-focused universities the main beneficiaries.The distribution...
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For they are jolly good Fellows
Fifty lecturers and learning-support staff have been recognised for teaching excellence.From a vet whose decision to retrain in computing science helped her transform veterinary education to an...
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Book of the week: Living in the End Times
Fred Inglis strives to hold his nerve in the midst of a dizzying, recondite tour of the apocalypse
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The New Law of Peaceful Protest: Rights and Regulation in the Human Rights Act Era
Helen Fenwick on a useful review of the ailing state of UK civil liberties, from common law to kettling
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Selling Sex in the Reich: Prostitutes in German Society, 1914-1945
Cornelie B., born in 1890, was first arrested for prostitution in 1907. After numerous encounters with the police and internments in various institutions, her last recorded interview with the...
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The Canon: The World Turned Upside Down by Christopher Hill
Christopher Hill (1912-2003) was an astonishingly prolific historian and for a time the dominant figure in the recent historiography of the "English Revolution" of the 17th century, a concept he did...
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Lords and liars
The Antipodean shenanigans of an identity fraudster who impersonated an aristocrat were a gift for historian Kirsten McKenzie, writes Matthew Reisz
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In Praise of Science: Curiosity, Understanding and Progress
Graham Farmelo fears that this preachy tribute will not find a place on HRH's coffee table