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Are academics complicit in the proliferation of conspiracy theories, not least through reluctance to tackle 'truthers' head on? Matthew Reisz writes
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4 June 2009
Student complaints: has it all gone too far?
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Tara Brabazon: International standard-bearers
In a networked world, there is no excuse to continue to examine British theses by British academics only, argues Tara Brabazon
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Monoglot researchers are damaging UK competitiveness, says British Academy
Report recommends introduction of foreign language requirements for university entry to address the problem of ‘linguistic impoverishment’, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Audit aims to plug black hole in STFC funding
Search is on for long-term cuts to particle physics and astronomy programmes. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Bullied Blogger: Tell us about your reasons for leaving…
29 May: I have had about a month without work. A little freelance work has come my way, but overall, the relief I’m experiencing after the bombardment from human resources and terrible distortions in...
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Privatise top 5 and let us form UK Ivy League says Imperial rector
Call to free universities from government control and maximise earnings. Melanie Newman reports
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Part-time PhD students need more support
Vitae tells universities to help reduce the stress of juggling personal life, job and research. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Sector needs young blood to combat ageing profile
The academy is ageing and is not attracting a new generation of talent, according to figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
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Confessions of a conference junkie
Maureen Skinner, like other delegates at the meeting of America’s university administrators, shared her troubles in song amid the talk of tough times
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Academics ‘distressed’ by anonymous student feedback
UCU says students’ union is encouraging ‘hate mail’ to lecturers. Melanie Newman reports
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Delegates split over boycott of immigration rules
Anger over points-based system but legality of campaign of non-compliance questioned. Melanie Newman writes
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, Newcastle
1 Blackstone’s Statutes on Property Law 2008-2009 edited by Meryl Thomas Oxford University Press, £14.99 ISBN 97801992381252 Blackstone’s Statutes on Public Law and Human Rights 2008-2009 edited by...
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Shafted: The Media, the Miners' Strike and the Aftermath
Sian Moore finds an examination of the biased press coverage of the miners' strike instructive
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Medical Miracles: Doctors, Saints, and Healing in the Modern World
As Jacalyn Duffin points out, it is rare to find a modern Western medical clinician studying the role of religion in medicine and healing. She addresses this taboo head-on in her analysis of records...