Loser Sons: Politics and Authority
Scott Sandage meets the political offspring who make a mark for all the wrong reasons
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Inventing Chemistry: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts
Why should the general reader take an interest in the Dutch medical teacher Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738)? The most important reason is that in his day, the medical faculty at the University of Leiden...
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The Metamorphoses of Kinship
Has the study of "kinship", always something of an esoteric specialism for the general reader, really faded from mainstream anthropology itself? A concept of the kinship-based society began with...
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The Prosperity of Vice: A Worried View of Economics
Increasing globalisation may not bring peace, but Howard Davies glimpses a digital way ahead
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The Cold War and After: History, Theory, and the Logic of International Politics
Marc Trachtenberg, of the University of California, Los Angeles, is unusual among US international relations specialists in being deeply committed to historical approaches and methods, and in...
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The Ethics of Transplants: Why Careless Thought Costs Lives
Organs for transplantation come from other human beings, who may be alive or dead at the time of donation. Each option entails emotive and ethical issues, compounded by the fact that the number of...
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Grant winners
LEVERHULME TRUSTResearch Project GrantsBasic sciences• Award winner: Nabeel Affara• Institution: University of Cambridge• Value: £244,745Control of offspring sex ratio by spermatid genes that evade...
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It's time to treatise myself
Preparing to retire after 16 years as a v-c, John Craven is dreaming of a new philosophy - and being a student again
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When worlds collide: why the UKBA sends the sector into a panic
An emetic email leads Simeon Underwood to discuss how universities are struggling to cope with the permanent immigration revolution
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Olympic trial
A.W. Purdue, who is no fan of sport, despairs at the thought of a summer given over to Games madness
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High stakes: £21m fines and 'blindfold poker'
Over-recruitment penalties soar in costly guessing game over enrolments, writes John Morgan
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Concern as Finch group declines to set guidelines on open-access fees
The group charged with thrashing out how the UK should expand access to publicly funded research has decided against setting any guideline figures for open-access article charges, raising concerns...
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Near-unanimity on strike ballot
Job losses and 'crude metrics' add up to mandate for walkout vote at Queen Mary. Paul Jump reports
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Hefce's purse strings may be tied to concordat
Universities could be forced to sign up to the proposed Concordat to Support Research Integrity as a condition of public funding under proposals being considered by the Higher Education Funding...
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Put services cash to good use, sector told
Hefce-backed campaign aims to channel funds to social enterprises. David Matthews reports