Multiple income streams
The letter from Durham University's Brian Tanner (8 April) in its reference to early-career postdoctoral researchers provides a partial explanation for the low average academic salary you report for...
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Mistaken identity
Last week's "Par for the course" on the length of master's degrees includes references to a 2009 report by the European University Association. I would just like to clarify that I am the author of...
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You ain't seen nothing yet 1
As a follow-up to "Phone book et al: one paper, 45 references, 144 authors" (News, 8 April), I wanted to alert readers to an even more gross example than the gross it cites.In 1998, I responded to a...
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You ain't seen nothing yet 2
Your report of a paper with 144 authors does not begin to do justice to the possibilities.In 2002, I came across a seven-page article in The Lancet that listed more than 900 authors, but the editor...
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Helen Muir, 1946-2010
One of the world's leading experts on air passenger safety has died.Helen Muir was born on 13 May 1946 and educated at Kendal High School.A first degree in psychology at the University of St Andrews...
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Putting the 'bus' into business
Our university has thrown itself behind the recent call for all postgraduates to go beyond their narrow areas of study.Janet Fluellen, our Commissar for Curriculum Development, has announced that she...
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Different type of problem
Using computers in exams would not make things fairer, says Tim Birkhead
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On Fact and Fraud: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science
Personal testimony and anecdote enliven a text on a vital subject, writes Michael Farthing
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From where I sit: Don't assume one (US) size fits all
As developing countries build their higher education sectors, many see the "US-style university" as the desired model. This typically means an institution that combines teaching at most or all...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence: Getting more 'D' out of R&D
Labour plans a series of innovation centres to exploit the commercial benefits of UK research. Hannah Fearn reports
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Leader: Don't cut short a new lease of life
As London Met cleans itself up, it deserves to be given another chance to succeed - for that is what it affords its students
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Wholesale opulence?
An academic conference is to analyse the concept of luxury. In Pursuit of Luxury: Commercial and Academic Perspectives on Luxury will cover issues ranging from the understanding of the term to...
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Edge Hill/Manchester - Don't have nightmares
Examination stress is the stuff of nightmares for many - but a project aims to free children from its grip. Researchers at Edge Hill University and the University of Manchester have devised a...
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Coventry/Surrey - Dance to the music of time
Dances past and present are to be preserved in a digital archive. Researchers at the universities of Coventry and Surrey have won funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to create a...