Truth in numbers: study pinpoints 'critical mass' for research success
Academics' interaction is key to quality, but funding need not be limited to elites. Paul Jump reports
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A lesson from history: PhDs thrive in large groups
An economist's research into the Nazi regime's dismissals of Jewish mathematics professors in the 1930s has led him to conclude that in PhD supervision, big is beautiful.Between 1933 and 1934, about...
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Chase out the old dogs to make way for young blood
Conference debates how best to help early career researchers to thrive. Paul Jump reports
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The expanding universe of scientific authorship
The average number of authors on scientific papers has increased by more than 50 per cent in the past 20 years, new figures show.The statistics, produced by Thomson Reuters, show that the papers...
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STEM focus is an economic own goal, LSE head warns
'Obsession' will leave top social science faculties bereft of UK students, writes Simon Baker
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Teaching aid aims to help lift cultural barriers
A research project aims to help academics understand the differences in educational cultures that can throw up barriers when teaching international students.Teaching International Students includes a...
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#loveHE
This week's tweet of the week is:No other place where I could work in an office. It's great to think, talk and write #loveHE -@davidrowenTell us why you love the sector on Twitter @timeshighered,...
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After you, I insist
England's apologetic performance on the pitch could just be in keeping with our history, says Gary Day
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Super-campus booster
France is using governance reform and investment to push its universities up the league tables. Will it work? asks Paul Benneworth
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The rankings dilemma - League tables’ search for fruitful measures
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Opacity of UEA’s actions contributed to Climategate scandal, says Russell report
The University of East Anglia was responsible for creating an environment of opacity which preceded the “Climategate” scandal, however the “rigour and honesty” of the scientists involved is beyond...
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YouTube and context
By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed
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Shrinking job market sees nearly 70 applicants vie for every graduate job
The graduate job market is tougher than ever, with a new report suggesting that 69 graduates will compete for every position this year.
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Taking liberties in so-called civil Canada
Robert Diab and W. Wesley Pue argue that the violence at the recent G20 meetings in Toronto highlight the inadequacy of public-order policy by the Mounties
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Disciplinary proceedings halted in ‘fruitbatgate’ case
University College Cork has been forced to halt disciplinary proceedings against the academic at the centre of the so-called “fruitbatgate” row after the Irish High Court agreed to consider the case....