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  1. Laurie Taylor Column

    " The Arts and Humanities Research Board is to produce a 'top ten list' of the most important journals in such subjects as media and cultural studies in a bid to establish new performance measures...

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  2. Leader: The overlooked and the unpaid

    The insecurity faced by contract researchers on fixed-term contracts in the UK has proved an intractable problem. For the past two weeks The Times Higher has highlighted both the number of...

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  3. Leader: Honest competition?

    Vice-chancellors who think the answer to their financial worries lies in increasing recruitment overseas beware, there may be stiff competition for international students from unexpected quarters....

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  4. Nul points for top ten journal idea 1

    The Arts and Humanities Research Board is attempting to impose a rank order of journals on the arts and humanities community in the name of a spurious objectivity imposed by the Office of Science and...

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  5. Nul points for top ten journal idea 2

    The proposal to create lists of top-ten journals will lead to a number of unintended consequences that are as regrettable as they are predictable. Rejection rates for the top journals are certain to...

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  6. Nul points for top ten journal idea 3

    Groundbreaking paradigm-shift research that challenges existing orthodoxies and moves disciplines in new directions is surely desirable. But such work does not necessarily find a welcome in...

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  7. Nul points for top ten journal idea 4

    Plans to produce yet more league tables are deeply disturbing to historians. The proposal would lead to publication of fewer articles and a reduction in the dissemination of research. It would be a...

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  8. Nul points for top ten journal idea 5

    The pressure on academics to publish in so-called "prestigious" journals is already having a detrimental impact on the likelihood of writing for, and working with, campaigning groups. Such activities...

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  9. Nul points for top ten journal idea 6

    Publishing a top ten list for journals in each field is a great idea, provided the charts are updated every week and published on a Radio 1 show hosted by a big-name DJ or, failing that, Laurie...

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  10. Cash issues 1

    Your leader "Top-up fears diminish" (January 28) is right - it would be reasonable to expect many applicants to have deferred their gap year to beat the fees hike. Perhaps the figures reported in the...

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  11. Cash issues 2

    Fees and fundraising are the key factors in the underfunding of Oxbridge compared with the best US universities. But these constraints are linked by the UK system of centralised regulation. UK...

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  12. Science in shadows

    Save British Science is not surprised that the Tory Party will not admit it has a Shadow Minister of Science (Peep's diary, January 28). For three years we've been trying to find anyone on its front...

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  13. Welsh are no worse 1

    In the debate over the University of Wales, no one has ever suggested that standards in Welsh institutions are lower than in English ones. Indeed, the Times Higher article "Watchdog reissues warning...

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  14. Welsh are no worse 2

    The real issue is not the failure of the University of Wales's authorities to respond to the recommendations in audit reports, but the fact that, because of the division of labour that exists,...

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  15. Quality punctuation?

    I notice that the Quality Assurance Agency website commends: a department for "it's" basic information technology skills programme; a university for "it's" teaching review; another for "it's" mission...

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