The Least Likely Man: Marshall Nirenberg and the Discovery of the Genetic Code, by Franklin H. Portugal
Charalambos Kyriacou lauds this account of the life of a humble Nobelist
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Tetralogue: I’m Right, You’re Wrong, by Timothy Williamson
Catarina Dutilh Novaes on an investigation of the merits and limits of rational debate
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Still Alice, directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland
Julianne Moore gives a complex, nuanced portrait of a professor confounded and isolated by Alzheimer’s, writes Lucy Bolton
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Canadian studies scholars quit UK foundation
Removal of academic board member from body supporting study of Canada in the UK spurs resignations
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Tales from the precariat: when ‘enough’s enough’
A physicist on the ‘shameless exploitation’ of low-pay sessional lecturing that leaves his family officially classed as ‘poor’
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Danny Dorling on £6K fees: the 1% won’t feel a thing
Labour’s proposal to cut tuition fees will be funded by removing a perk from the UK’s super-rich, writes the professor of geography
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James Thompson, 1932-2015
One of the foremost academic librarians of his generation has died
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Checking up on teaching standards
Are the best assessors your colleagues, or external observers?
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Assessing China’s academic orbit
Yong Zhao believes China doesn’t foster the free thinkers it needs. What is the state of the country’s higher education system?
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English literature’s heresy wars
Creative writing, often seen as a heretical branch of English studies, is split into sects. But such schisms are no sin, says Jonathan Taylor
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From the cradle to the ballot
Labour has given birth to its £6K tuition fees baby but doubts still remain about the costs and benefits of the policy
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Flexible study emerges as cross-party concern
Help for non-traditional learning wins support, with Greg Clark saying ‘watch this space’
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Fee-free study and v-c pay curbs are election priorities, says Green Party
Greens unveil election goals but figures on cost of pledge on fees still pending
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Exams: call time on the academy’s Hunger Games
University examinations teach students how to compete but teamwork is the vital life skill, says Kevin Fong
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5 March 2015
From the top - Vice-chancellors on what it takes to lead