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University of British ColumbiaSarah OttoWhen Sarah Otto, a professor in the department of zoology at the University of British Columbia, received an email telling her that she had won a "genius grant...
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Odds and quads
This collection of 29 horses' teeth was assembled by Louis Auzoux (1797-1880), a French doctor who made models of humans, animals and plants for use in teaching medicine and anatomy.
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Research intelligence - There's a lot more to it than that
Advocates say 'enriched content' represents the future of the scholarly article. Andy Wright reports
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Leader: Take your money elsewhere
So the UK tells foreign students with its visa regime. Australia once did too, but it has changed its tune to hang on to a rich trade
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From where I sit - Twists and turns on road to reform
When the South University of Science and Technology of China decided to break the rules last year and recruit 45 students without having permission to do so - and without requiring them to take the...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Campus round-up
Coventry UniversityAcademy al frescoA sustainable £32 million student services building has been opened, featuring natural ventilation and solar water heating. Coventry University officially opened...
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Off Piste - Ticket to glide
Circling hilltop castles and seeking out thermals, occasionally shadowed by a sociable buzzard - Paul Nurse attests to the joys of taking to the skies on the slenderest of wings
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The week in higher education
• Any concern that higher education is a low priority for the UK's coalition government will surely be banished by a new advertising campaign that counts universities alongside all things that make...
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29 September 2011
A necessary intervention - How to revive UK life sciences
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Expelliarmus debitum!
Harry Potter a metaphor for higher education? Kevin Fong explains - almost
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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REF view too narrow, partially cited or not (1 of 2)
My colleague Andrew Oswald suggests that the use of journal league tables (based on citations and impact factors) would be better than the judgement of quality offered by research excellence...
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REF view too narrow, partially cited or not (2 of 2)
Andrew Oswald's juxtaposition of citation metrics and peer review is misplaced, not least because a decision by one academic to cite the publication of another is itself likely to be subjective....
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They deserve obliteration
In his letter last week ("Blame, a zero-sum game", 22 September), Matthew Huntbach writes: "As a left-leaning Lib Dem, I hate what this government is doing, but as a democrat I have to accept its...