Public interest defence
The seriousness of the threatened takeover of the Institute of Education, University of London by University College London (“Love, honour, obey: will the IoE repent its UCL union at leisure”,...
The seriousness of the threatened takeover of the Institute of Education, University of London by University College London (“Love, honour, obey: will the IoE repent its UCL union at leisure”,...
In the article “Open access may have little impact on time-poor firms” (News, February), representatives of the publisher Elsevier suggest that achieving the UK government’s goal of full open access...
The feature “Fit to supervise?” (20 February) suggests that poor supervision is to blame for “substandard doctoral theses”. But poor theses are produced by poor students. No degree of expert...
After carefully reviewing the issue of sharing personal data, Dame Fiona Caldicott concluded: “The duty to share information can be as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality.” The...
Claims about the cost burden imposed by “onerous” methodology for the research excellence framework (“The REF: how was it for you?”, February) ignore the behavioural response of academics and...

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